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Police in Bucks County say Leola Dualuqua, 37, was found gambling inside of a casino while her 14-month-old child was left unattended inside of a car in the casino parking lot for two-and-a-half hours.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
BENSALEM, Pa. – A New Jersey mom has been arrested and charged after police say she left her young child unattended inside her vehicle for hours last week while she was inside a casino gambling.<\/p>\n
The backstory:<\/p>\n
Bensalem Township Police were called to the Parx Casino parking lot shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 14 for a report of a child left unattended inside a vehicle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Officers arrived and found a 14-month-old child in the backseat of a locked car. The vehicle was locked, not running, and the windows were closed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police say the child appeared to be sleeping, but was sweating as outside temperatures on that day were in the mid-80s.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Officers were able to get into the vehicle and contact the child\u2019s father. The child was taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation and was later released to his father.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Casino security assisted police with their investigation and determined the child\u2019s mother had left the child in the car around 6:30 p.m. and did not return.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The mother, later identified as 37-year-old Leola Dualuqua of Willingboro, was later found inside the casino actively gambling, according to police.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dualuqua was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and leaving a child in an unattended motor vehicle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What’s next:<\/p>\n
She was arraigned and remanded to Bucks County Correctional facility on $25,000 bond.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A preliminary hearing was scheduled for April 30, according to court documents.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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