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September 24, 2018 by Benjamin Paulin

Easton Police Charge Maine Woman with Abandoning Child in Parking Lot

Easton Police Department
Chief Gary F. Sullivan
46 Lothrop St.
North Easton, MA 02356

For Immediate Release

Monday, Sept. 24, 2018

Media Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: ben@jgpr.net

Easton Police Charge Maine Woman with Abandoning Child in Parking Lot

EASTON — Chief Gary Sullivan reports that the Easton Police Department has charged a Maine mother with abandoning her son after the 17-month-old boy was left in a shopping carriage in a parking lot over the weekend.

TAYLOR PERDUE, A 27-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FROM ACTON, MAINE was charged with Abandonment/Endangerment of a Child. She is scheduled to appear in Taunton District Court at a later date.

At approximately 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22, the Easton Police Department responded to Target, 41 Robert Drive, after receiving a call about a baby that was discovered in the store parking lot in a carriage by himself.

The reporting party was a customer of the store and stayed with the baby until officers arrived.

The child did not appear to be injured and was evaluated by members of the Easton Fire Department before being transported by ambulance to Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton for an evaluation.

While investigating the incident, Easton Police received a call at approximately 2 p.m. from a male party reporting that the child had been left behind in the parking lot accidentally. The caller was with PERDUE in Plymouth and said they were going to head back to Easton.

In subsequently speaking with detectives, PERDUE said that after leaving Target she returned to her vehicle, along with three friends, and believed that one of her friends had secured her son in his rear-facing car seat. She then traveled to Plymouth in her vehicle, while her friends left in a separate vehicle. Upon arriving in Plymouth, PERDUE realized that her son was not in the car seat.

The Easton Police Department notified the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, which launched its own investigation. In coordination with the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, DCF granted custody of the child to PERDUE later that evening.

These are allegations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Chief Gary Sullivan, child abandonment, Easton, Easton Police Department, Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, Robert Drive

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