Man Left Baby Alone In Car To Buy Baseball Cards: Police

LISBON, CT — A Griswold man is accused of leaving an infant unattended in a running vehicle in a Lisbon shopping plaza parking lot while he went inside a store to buy baseball cards, according to police.

Sean Wilding, 33, of Griswold, was charged Wednesday with risk of injury to a minor and leaving an unsupervised child in a motor vehicle.

Troopers from Troop E in Montville received a 911 call Wednesday reporting an unattended infant in a running vehicle in the Lisbon Landing parking lot on Route 12.

The caller also flagged down an ambulance crew nearby, according to police.

A man, identified as Wilding, exited the store and went to the vehicle, according to police.

Wilding told troopers he left the infant inside the vehicle and ran inside the store to purchase baseball cards, according to state police.

“Wilding explained that the infant was asleep, and he knew he would not be inside the store for long,” police said, in a press release.

The infant was evaluated by emergency medical personnel, who determined the child was not injured. Police said the child is less than four months old. Wilding called the child’s mother, who responded to the scene and took custody of the baby, police said.

Wilding was scheduled to appear on the charges today in Superior Court in Norwich.