Hollywood police and Seminole police say a 28-year-old man left an infant alone in a running car in the parking lot of the Seminole Classic Casino while he gambled inside for hours. Gregory Foster is charged with child neglect without bodily harm.
Casino security guards found the car running at the State Road 7 and Stirling Road complex and called police after they saw the baby in the back seat. According to an arrest report, officers who reached the car saw the infant in a car seat that was not buckled. The baby did not appear to be moving, so officers forced entry. They quickly determined the child was only sleeping.
Seminole police said Foster told security he had been inside the casino for about 45 minutes. Investigators later said that account did not match the time he spent at a table.
The arrest is the second case of its kind in little more than a week. Earlier in November, a Broward man and his girlfriend were accused of leaving three stepchildren, the youngest about 1 year old, in a Jeep with the windows rolled up while they gambled at the casino. Investigators said those children had no access to food, water or a telephone.
