Mother arrested after leaving child on sidewalk while partying: Police

Published May 2, 2022 4:56pm ET



A Florida woman was taken into custody on Saturday after she left her 3-year-old child asleep on a sidewalk while she allegedly went to a nightclub for over an hour.

Shyla Heidelberg, 25, was arrested after the child was found asleep and wrapped in a blanket outside of a Fort Walton Beach apartment complex, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said.

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