Six-year old found alone in hotel parking lot

A six-year old boy was found roaming in the parking lot of a Seneca hotel.  The police later arrested the boy’s mother after determining that the child had strayed alone three-quarters of a mile from his home and crossed a busy road.  A warrant, issued by the municipal judge, charges Paula Michelle Crawford with cruelty to children.  The police quoted Crawford as saying she had told her son he could go outside and play, but had lost track of where he was after she called out his name and he did not answer.