North Carolina Mother Faces Charges After Infant Left Alone in Car During Work Shift at McDonald’s
RALEIGH, N.C. – A 21-year-old mother was arrested in Raleigh after allegedly leaving her six-week-old infant in a car during her work shift at a McDonald’s, sparking a debate over child safety. Nikita Jones faces a felony charge of intentional child abuse leading to serious injury and a misdemeanor charge of child abuse, police said. Authorities claim that on a frigid 40-degree day on November 21, Jones left her newborn unrestrained in a parked vehicle …