Man arrested for leaving infant in running car outside Seminole Classic Casino

• Man arrested after leaving an infant unattended at the Seminole Classic Casino in Hollywood
• The infant was found asleep in a running car in the parking lot, with casino guards breaking into the car
• The man’s relationship to the child was not established in reporting, with the man arguing that he was caring for the baby in the absence of the baby’s mother

A man, aged 28, was arrested after police received a tip that he had left an infant in a running car outside the Seminole Classic Casino in Hollywood.

The man, identified as Gregory Foster by media outlets and police reporting, left the child in the car in the parking lot and proceeded inside the casino to gamble.

Guards find infant left in a car at Hollywood casino

The security guards at the casino were the first to come across the vehicle, which had its engine running, and notify authorities.

The guards were also able to see the infant in the back seat of the car. Upon the discovery of the car and the child, Foster was reportedly inside for 45 minutes, playing table games.

The guards also reported that the infant was left without its seatbelt. The baby wasn’t moving, and the officers immediately forced entry into the car. They were relieved to find out that the baby was just sleeping.

Foster was then immediately located by the guards, with relevant authorities notified. Leaving infants and underage individuals unsupervised in the parking lots of casinos is completely prohibited in any jurisdiction in the United States.

Foster faces charges of child neglect without bodily harm. Foster told officers that he was caring for the child in the absence of his mother, who was attending a school in Davie at the time of the accident.

Leaving children unsupervised is grounds for being added to an involuntary self-exclusion list, as is the case in Pennsylvania, where the gambling regulator is the Gaming Control Board, has been adding people to these lists, and especially after leaving children or infants unattended.

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