Teaneck, NJ – State Police responded to a 911 call from a driver seeing a small child alone in a vehicle.
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The 2-year-old child was left alone in the vehicle while his parents went into Mini-Mart at the Exxon gas station on Rt-4 in NJ.
The couple who is from the Borough Park section of Brooklyn, was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of their child. They were just released and ordered to appear in court the coming Monday.
Community leaders are asking and reminding the public to be very careful not to leave a child alone even for one minute.
New Jersey Police department from all towns will be on the lookout, cracking down any violators.
What could they be buying on Tisha B’av in a mini-mart.Maybe more to the point whatwas so pressing that they had to leave the baby car-alone.
Crazy parents no responsibilities
OK, so who is going to be the first to riot, scream anti-semitism, & yell the poor, misguided parents are really wonderful, ehrliche, kind & generous people?
Bottom line: they are idiots. You don’t leave a kid alone in a car! Period. Sorry, no sympathy here. They need some lessons in basic safety and common sense.
This sounds innocent enough, they were at a gas station,not a mall, an over reaction.
Typical anti semitism. Police saw a yarmulka and thought how can we get thus couple. I heard the mom was actually standing at the door of the gas station keeping watch.
let’s pray that everything will be ok this can happen to all of us soetimes u just need the bathroom
comon all he did was step out to buy gas and went to pay.
what the heck is wrong with leaving the kid for two min while i run in to buy a pack of smokes or a coke , these cops are bored!
what thd heck? Since when cant someone leave a child for a minute?the cop was prob. Just jeolus that hes not married
Stop yelling anti-semitism every time a frum jew is arrested. The police were called by a caring individual who saw a child alone in a car. Stop sounding so paranoid.
as long as the child is within viewing distance such as in this case the mother wqs standing at the door ,the passerby did not see the mother and called the cops.
Lesson is don’t take a chance even if its in your eye sight if you have to step out take the child with you or take turns watching.
I remember once I had my 2 year old son in my car in the summer it was very hot out side that day. I went in to a store and forgot that I have my son in car. My son was sleeping and I totally forgot from him. I’m a very responsible father and when I used to see stories like this I always use to wonder on the parents how they can do such a thing. Now I know that it can happen. B”H that nothing happened to my son but I felt terrible after this. From then on I decided that when I’m driving alone with a child in car without my wife I take of my left show for a reminder.
Don’t judge people to fast it can happen to everyone.
actually these cops are to be commended, and they need to be reassigned to 18th avenue, and they can start arresting all the mishugoyim who leave their children in strollers while they shop for clothing!!!
what are people thinking? one does not leave a child alone in the car even for one minute!
sorry this is totally stupid what else should u do if u have to run out for a minute if it would have been in a mall or something then I understand but how big is a gas station & they have these huge glass windows & the keys were not in the car but based on this philosophy that big brother tells us exactly how to live our lives then we should have them pay ALL our bills because they are responsible for us… NOT… mind your own business no one was in any danger & the kid was alone for a few minutes in the car right next to his parents common scense is not part of life here anymore its only by the book & look how we look I do not recognize this country in the olden times people weren’t afraid to leave there kids alone because the police would arrest the perverts not the hard working parents, this is called backwords thinking.
can we assume that the car was locked and being watched by at least one parent? this was by a gas station mini-mart, this is not extensive grocery shopping or mall shopping (i will also assume the car was sufficiently cooled, as leaving a child alone for more then five minutes in a hot car is very unhealthy) the car could not have been more then ten -twenty feet away. If, at least one parent was watching there is nothing wrong, how much time could they have spent in the mini-mart? I will not say that this is anti-semitism but the cop or perhaps the person that called was overzealous. Much worse, while definitely happening less frequently then before but does still occur are parents who leave a baby unattended in a stroller on a sidewalk while shopping, at least keeping a kid in a car the car is locked and we assume that at least one parent was watching nearby. When you leave a baby outside you completely ignore the child and anyone can chasvishalom just walk off with the baby. If you see someone doing this you must take it upon yourself to explain to them the dangers involved only simchas
I would love if someone did some research, of the following question. How many kids were run over by cars when the parents did take them out of the car, to how many kids were hurt when the parents did leave then in the car for a few minutes?
Let me ask you, a single driver who needs the bathroom, where should she leave her child, unsuervised in the rest are, or locked in the car?
It is life-threatening to leave a little child alone in a car,especially with windows closed in the heat. The car could roll,be hit,or the child could hurt himself by making a bad movement.The “2” minutes may last 20. Besides.IT IS THE LAW! Don’t people get it? We must obey the law!If you go through a red light and get ticketed,is that also anti-semitism? What a bunch of fools we live with today!
no one should EVER leave their child in the car by themselves. not even for a moment.
First a technical note. If it was on Route 4 it had to be Bergen County Police, not the State Police.
Second, an opinion on the matter. In today’s day and age, there is no excuse to leaving a child in a car, especially on a hot day even for a minute. Would you leave a diamond on the seat of your car? You should treat your children as your most precious possession. By leaving a child in a car you run the risk of a. having the car stolen, b. losing the key or getting distracted and the child frying in the heat or c. someone simply taking the child. All this can be mitigated by simply taking the child with you. You would if it was a million dollars diamond.
A child is our most precious possession. Why make excuses not to treat it like that?
I don’t get it, do people Really think that a parent who leaves a child alone in a car is just normal? Would they let alone a bag of million dollars cash in the car even for half a minute? You don’t leave your child alone in a car! And if you do you deserve to get arrested!
to all those who yell ‘anti-semitism’.especially#9, When police see a kippah in Teaneck, they are not anti-semitic.. The Mayor and half the town council are Frum. The couple were irresponsible. period. Get some facts correct
What’s the law in NY? I know in Chicago there is a law on the books about how long a child can be left in a car, the law there is that if you the child stays in your line of vision, then you have a couple (I forget exactly how may) minutes, that by law you can leave them unattended in the car. I never leave my kids in the car though
Although this law had beeen enacteded to protect minors, if you tecnically violate this law common sense will not have any bearing on the circumstance any longer. This would mean if you are outside the vehicle and the minor is inside even for a moment you have violated the law and you become a child molester with all its remefications! Be satisfied that the individual may not come under Magen’s law, the law is mute on this issue and it will be left to the discretion of the presiding judge.
I had a friend whose kid was sleeping in the car and didn’t want to wake her. So, he openned all the windows and sat on the stoop which was 5 ft from the kid. A cop drove by and asked him what he was doing. He told them. Cop said he was called down for child endagerment and gave him a citation. He got off, but there is no 2 min rule. If you are not with your kid in the same actual location, you are endagering your child. If a child I’d running 10 ft ahead of you, you are not with your child. The kid may be on the sidewalk, but he, theoretically, can be in the street. You can explain it to a judge the circumstances. However, the letter of the law makes no time limit or proximity. The cops did what the law states.
We all do something like this. I stopped the car and dumped my letters in a mail box, just yesterday. Theoretically, a car-jacker could have jumped in and stole my kids. Yes, the chances were less than imaginable, but they were there. I endangered my child because I was lazy. Our parents did it to us, and we continue the pattern. Our parents didn’t know the dangers. We do. We all rode with no seatbelts and 3 or more ppl in the front seat. Whoever heard of a car seat. Time has shown us dangers unknown. Don’t be a lazy idiot like me. I was wrong. I might have beaten the ticket, if I had gotten one, but I was still guilty. My children should not forgive me and if something would have happened, ch”v, or if they do it to their kids and something, ch”v, happens to their kid, I would never forgive myself. So, please, let’s take care of our children.
Yes, I believe it was directed at the Jews here. Hkbr”h wanted you to realize that you wouldn’t leave a stack of money for 2 min in a car so why did you leave an irreplaceable Jewish child?
May all our children be healthy ad bias goel bmh”b, amen.
Let Obama invite the parents and the cop to the white house for some beer
and straighten out this mess
While it’s true you can’t kill your child by suffocation or overheating within the minute or two you abandon him/her while you buy your smokes, it only takes one second for a stranger to walk off with him/her.
What’s also strange about this case is that the “parents” went into the store – both of them. Why couldn’t one stay with the child? Seems like a lot of smokes.
Although this law had beeen enacteded to protect minors, if you tecnically violate this law common sense will not have any bearing on the circumstance any longer. This would mean if you are outside the vehicle and the minor is inside even for a moment you have violated the law and you become a child molester with all its remefications! Be satisfied that the individual may not come under Magen’s law, the law is mute on this issue and it will be left to the discretion of the presiding judge.
At first reading I concludrd the parents were idiots. Then I reread.
This happened AT A GAS STATION! I am very careful but I have left a child in the car while I went in to prepay. It may very well be that one parent was watching from the door.
The couple is guilty! No anti-semitism at all. In this case it’s even more obvious than usual. There were 2 parents. One could watch as the other uses the bathroom.
The baby was probably sleeping so the parents didn’t wanna wake the kid. Now when nature call ya gotta take the call.
All it takes is one minute for someone to drive off with your car, baby and all.
Unfortunately, in summer, even if it’s not terribly hot outside, a car can overheat enough to kill a child in as little as five minutes, even if a window is “cracked.”
Moreover, in New Jersey, there are enough evil people that you should never ever ever leave a 2-year-old out of your sight. I’m sure the parents only left for a few minutes and didn’t mean to do something bad, but that wouldn’t comfort them if something terrible happened.
what would any more responsible parent do? You have a baby straped in its infant seat, you need to use the mens room for a leak in the gas station. How many of you would take your baby with you?
#3 if they need the lavatory they should go one at a time ..if was very pressing, let them take the child alone .please no excuse.. chamira scant meissurah…
So you are driving upstate and you need to use the restroom. You park at a gas station 100 feet away and come back after 2 to 3 minutes .
Actually not bringing your child into the restroom with you, is a positive for many reasons.
Policemen aside from their title can act arbritrary or even “stupid” like many civil servants.
Some of them have unfortunatally lost what little common sense they may have been born with.
Next time look for a cop and make him/her your babysitter.
After all does not their logo read “To serve and protect”.
Let them serve !!!
#9 when you have burglers in your home do you also say ‘those anti-semitic’ cops, and refrain from calling them?
The arrest seems harsh, but every summer infants die from being left alone in cars. Infants can overheat very quickly. I’ve heard of similar arrests for leaving an infant alone for just a minute or two in a car. After the authorities investigate and make sure there is no child endangerment in the home, the charges usually get dropped after a probationary period to make sure the children are safe.
What if some looney jumped in the car and drove off together with the kid, what would you say then?
It’s a public gas station, not a private driveway.
Or if the two year old woke up and climbed into the front and got hold of the steering wheel? Heaven only help.
Or if the child wiggled out of it’s car seat and opened the window and somehow accidentally closed the window on its own neck…. that’s why they call it “freak accident.”
That being said, I can’t believe the parents were so negligent. Parenting classes should be mandatory especially for teenage parents. Perhaps there was a restroom emergency like ‘diarhea.’
First, the police were called by someone else, they didn’t come looking for Jewish children left behind in cars. Second, it’s a COUPLE here that got arrested. They couldn’t take turns leaving the car? Even if they wanted to buy something or use the bathroom. They didn’t have to simultaneously leave the car. That really does sound irresponsible.
I feel for this family, it’s not an easy thing to go through, but I would not term the cops’ involvement as anti-semitism.
If there was a couple with the child, why did they both have to go pay for gas or whatever? Pure negligence!
Ever hear of taking turns? He goes in, she stays in the car, then when he comes back she goes in? Hmmm what could have happened? The car could have gotten very hot, the car could have been stolen,,, But what can we expect from ppl who come from a neighborhood where it is mekubal to leave a baby in a stroller outside on the street while the mother is inside the store? And No>>> you Can Not leave a child alone, not even for a minute!!!!!!!
A 2 year old should not be left alone in a car period (never mind in a exxon station out there where you don’t know which child molester might be there preying for them)
The police did the right thing, hopefully people will learn their lesson.
Yeah.
All those people who think that there is only justice with police, wait till your next runin with them. Who says antisemitisim? But the policeman definitley acted “stupidly”.
(1) my wife and I take turns at rest area’s ‘ a smarter choice
(2) nj law has a gas attendant at the pump atall times so money wasn’t the issue in regards to the poster saying perhaps they went in to pay.
(3) leaving a child in the car alone even for one minute is pure stupidity and selfish.
we need more facts. how long were they in the mini mart? were police really called or they were there and noticed the child? if police were called then it must have been for an extended period of time.
If someone called 911 and by the time the police showed up he child was still alone,that means the child was in the car alone quite a while,and the mother couldve waited till the father comes back and then she wld go. She did not have to go along.
G-d Bless the coupleand the case should be dismissed. Amen. Stop judging and look for ways to help.
its amazing how you ignorant people have an answer for everything. Your response to this story was ” oh it was only for 2 minutes whats the big deal”… if this story had been about the kids who died after being left in the car, your answer would have been “lets say tehilim and do teshuvah” and not judge the parents”
Can no one think posotive here for a minute? It can very well be that both parents ate somthing that made them both sick and they had to use the rest room at the same time (Emergency), they pull into a service station park and lock the car and then turn on the engin via remote, so the child is safe because the car is locked and out of heat danger as well because the cars AC is cooling the car as well (this is how I do it), so stop judging and start thinking posotive because this is what you would have wanted someone else to do if G-D forbid this happened to you.