An Ottumwa woman was arrested after police say she left her great-granddaughter in a hot vehicle unsupervised over the weekend.
70-year-old Karen Ferguson was charged with neglect or abandonment of a dependent person, a Class C felony.
Court records say at approximately noon on Saturday, September 13th, Ferguson left the five-year-old in a vehicle in the parking lot on the 200 block of Richmond Avenue. Authorities say Ferguson’s great-grandchild was left in the vehicle for about 30 minutes with the car off and the windows cracked. Officers observed the child crying and sweating profusely. The outside temperature at the time of the incident was believed to be 93 degrees.
Ferguson was arrested and transported to the Wapello County Jail. Her bond is set at $10,000.
Ferguson was ordered not to have any contact with the child.
