MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. \u2014 A 22-year-old woman faced a felony charge on Tuesday in Miami-Dade County after police officers reported finding her 1-year-old daughter alone in a car in Miami Gardens. <\/p>\n
At about 7:55 p.m. on Friday, Miami Gardens police officers and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel responded to the parking lot at 20401 NW 2nd Ave., according to a police report. <\/p>\n
After finding the toddler alone in the car, MDFR personnel opened the car\u2019s door and found her in \u201cgood health,\u201d according to the police officer\u2019s report. <\/p>\n
A sergeant found the girl\u2019s mother, Janina Joseph, in a beauty salon on the second floor, and she said she was there \u201cdoing her hair,\u201d according to the police report. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe baby was released to the father on scene, who arrived at the location,\u201d a police officer wrote, according to the report. <\/p>\n
Police officers arrested Joseph at 9:30 p.m. on Friday and filed a report with the Florida Department of Children and Families, according to the police report. <\/p>\n
Miami-Dade corrections booked Joseph at the Turner Guilford Correctional Center. She appeared in bond court on Saturday, facing a charge of child neglect without great bodily harm. <\/p>\n
Joseph\u2019s bond was $2,500, and corrections released her on Sunday, according to court records. Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Andrea Ricker Wolfson was presiding over the case. <\/p>\n
Local 10 News Senior Assignment Editor Frine Gomez contributed to this report. <\/p>\n
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