Mom arrested after leaving 8-month-old daughter in LI mall parking lot

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Green Acres Mall, where Hamilton-Prince's baby was found in the back seat of her car. Photo credit Mike Pont/Getty Images

VALLEY STREAM N.Y. (1010 WINS) -- A 24-year-old mother from Queens was arrested Tuesday for leaving her eight-month old baby girl in the back of her car at a mall on Long Island.

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Moesha Hamilton-Prince left her infant daughter in the back seat of her running, unlocked car at the Green Acres Mall parking lot in Valley Stream around noon.

A good Samaritan saw the baby and called the police.

An ambulance also came to evaluate the baby who was found to be in good health.

Hamilton-Prince was arrested by Nassau County Police and faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child. Her arraignment is on Wednesday.

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