{"id":216716,"date":"2026-06-11T19:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/216716\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T19:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:18:07","slug":"4-year-old-found-wandering-pennsylvania-parking-lot-alone-mom-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/216716\/","title":{"rendered":"4-Year-Old Found Wandering Pennsylvania Parking Lot Alone, Mom Charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Norah Roth-Moore, 41, was charged with Endangering the Welfare of Children following an investigation by the Kennett Square Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Officers were called to the 100 block of Race Street in Kennett Square after reports of an unaccompanied child walking alone in a parking lot around 8:13 a.m. on Saturday, May 9, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived, they located the boy and determined he was 4 years old, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators learned the child and his siblings had been left unattended at their residence while Roth-Moore went to get coffee, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the investigation, charges were filed against Roth-Moore on Tuesday, June 9, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The case is pending a preliminary hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Kennett Square police reminded parents and guardians of the importance of providing adequate supervision and care to ensure children&#8217;s safety and well-being.<\/p>\n<p class=\"e-click-here-follow-btn\" data-testid=\"bottom-paragraph\">\n            <a class=\"e-email-signup\" js-follow-button=\"\" data-testid=\"article-click-here-to-subscribe\">Click here<\/a><br \/>\n            to follow Daily Voice<\/p>\n<p>              Allentown<\/p>\n<p>            and receive free news updates.\n          <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Norah Roth-Moore, 41, was charged with Endangering the Welfare of Children following an investigation by the Kennett Square&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-216716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}