Mother Charged After 3 Kids Found Alone in Car

A 30-year-old Hamilton woman was arrested at Quaker Bridge Mall after police discovered her three young children alone in a running vehicle in the mall parking lot on April 17.

Syeda Khalil, 30 was charged with three counts of child abandonment and her children were turned over to family members per the Division of Youth and Family Services. Khalil was released on a summons. 

According to Lawrence Township Police, the incident happened shortly before 8 p.m., after someone reported to mall security that there were three children alone in a car.  

The children, ages two, three and four years old, were in the vehicle, with the door unlocked. The car was running and the children appeared to be fine. 

When Khalil returned to the car, she was arrested, then released on a summons.