Toddler found alone on Brooklyn street without coat or shoes, parents arrested
21.05.12
NEW YORK -- A shoeless, shivering toddler was found wandering the streets of Brooklyn alone, leading police to haul his parents away in handcuffs.
The boy was spotted shortly before 1:00pm Saturday in Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood without a coat and with nothing on his feet but a pair of socks.
The stunned two-year-old, whose name was not released, put on a brave face for the nearby residents who found him.
"We gave him my son's slippers and a coat," said Yafa Shalom, a neighborhood resident.
"He was really freezing," said Shalom, who gave comfort to the shivering child in the 30-degree weather after cops brought him to her door while canvassing the area for his parents.
The tot's mom, Shazia Nafir, and dad, Khalifa, were later charged with acting in a manner injurious to a child.
Police could not say exactly how the boy -- who was found about a block from his home -- came to be lost.
Source: Pocono Record