"Police arrested and charged a Queens woman Wednesday with allegedly abandoning her baby at the Penn Station subway stop this week. Assa Diawara, 30, is facing child abandonment and endangerment charges in connection with the Monday incident. NYPD officials said she is the mother of the infant girl found wrapped in a blanket near the southbound 1 train platform around 9 a.m. First responders took the baby to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition."
"NYPD officials said she is the mother of the infant girl found wrapped in a blanket near the southbound 1 train platform around 9 a.m. First responders took the baby to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. Police said they canvassed surveillance videos to track Diawara to East Harlem, where they took her into custody around 3 a.m. Wednesday. Officials were still investigating a potential motive in the case. Information for Diawara's attorney was not immediately available."
Police arrested a 30-year-old Queens woman, Assa Diawara, on Wednesday on charges of child abandonment and endangerment after an infant was found at Penn Station. The infant girl was located wrapped in a blanket near the southbound 1 train platform around 9 a.m. First responders transported the baby to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. Police canvassed surveillance footage and tracked Diawara to East Harlem, taking her into custody around 3 a.m. Wednesday. Authorities are investigating a potential motive. Information for Diawara's attorney was not immediately available, and the case remains under active investigation.
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