St. Petersburg, FL – A St. Petersburg woman has been charged after police said a 1-year-old child was allegedly found inside a hot vehicle for nearly half an hour while the woman went inside a restaurant.<\/p>\n
According to arrest documents, Ly Thien Pham went to a restaurant around 3:30 p.m. Sunday to pick up an Uber Eats order. <\/p>\n
Investigators said Pham told officers she forgot where she parked her vehicle after leaving the restaurant.<\/p>\n
Police said the child and the vehicle were located after law enforcement responded to the area, nearly 30 minutes after Pham entered the restaurant. <\/p>\n
The toddler was taken to Johns Hopkins All Children\u2019s Hospital for evaluation and treatment.<\/p>\n
St. Petersburg Police Department spokesperson Yolanda Fernandez said the case involves child abuse allegations. <\/p>\n
Fernandez said Pham claimed she did not intend to leave the child behind and believed she would only be away briefly while collecting the order.<\/p>\n
Medical professionals said children face a higher risk of heat-related illness because their smaller bodies can become affected by rising temperatures more quickly than adults. <\/p>\n
Doctors warned that heat exposure can progress from symptoms such as confusion and dehydration to seizures, unconsciousness and potentially death.<\/p>\n
St. Petersburg Fire Rescue officials reminded parents and caregivers that children should never be left alone inside vehicles, even for short periods. <\/p>\n
Firefighters recommend placing a personal item in the back seat, such as a phone or bag, as a reminder to check before leaving the vehicle.<\/p>\n
The investigation into the incident remains active.<\/p>\n
All suspects are assumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St. Petersburg, FL – A St. Petersburg woman has been charged after police said a 1-year-old child was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1183,2353,20208,142695,142696,132,5221,202,204,203,199,201,200,732,192,59867],"class_list":["post-348581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-case","tag-child","tag-child-abuse-charges","tag-food-order","tag-ly-thien-pham","tag-police","tag-restaurant","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-vehicle","tag-woman","tag-yolanda-fernandez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}