SELDEN, N.Y. (AP) - Police on Long Island say a man has been arrested after firefighters removed his 4-year-old daughter from a locked vehicle.
Suffolk County police say they got a 911 call on Wednesday afternoon about a child left in the backseat of a Mercedes Benz in Selden.
Police say the vehicle windows were open about a half-inch and the sleeping child had been there about 15 minutes.
Officers say they found the father in a store.
Juan Pablo Aguilar Varela of Mount Sinai was awaiting arraignment Thursday on a child endangerment charge.
It was not immediately clear who would represent him in court.
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