Crime & Safety
Woman Arrested For Abandoning Newborn Baby At NYC's Penn Station: NYPD
Police used surveillance footage to track the suspect down.
NEW YORK CITY — A woman has been arrested after she allegedly abandoned her newborn daughter near a subway platform in Penn Station on Monday, police said Wednesday.
Assa Diawara, 30, is accused of leaving the baby girl near the staircase leading to the southbound 1, 2 and 3 train platform around 9:30 a.m., police said.
The baby girl was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
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Diawara has been charged with abandonment of a child and child endangerment.
The 30-year-old woman was taken into custody late Tuesday. Police released surveillance images of Diawara earlier in the day.
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According to police, they tracked her down to a home in Jamaica, Queens.
She is expected to be arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday.
An investigation remains ongoing.
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