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Prosecutor: Mom Left Baby In Stranger's Car, Drove Off

DETROIT (WWJ) - Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged a 22-year-old Highland Park woman in connection with the abandonment of her three-month-old child.

Shaylan Blackmon is accused of putting the little girl in a stranger's car at a local park, and then driving away.

The alleged crime took place Monday evening.

If convicted of Child Abandonment, Blackmon could face up to ten years in prison.

She will be arraigned at Noon Thursday at 30th District Court in Detroit.

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