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Nicole Alexandria
Carmon, 26, from the Denver suburb of Westminster, was arrested
on Saturday on suspicion of reckless child abuse resulting in
serious bodily injury, a felony, after her son was found inside
the vehicle suffering from hypothermia, police said
Police said Carmon told them she was involved in an accident
Friday night, left her car and got a ride home before realizing
her son was still inside the vehicle, the affidavit said.
Carmon told a detective she drank six shots of vodka Friday
night, police said.
The events unfolded after the child's babysitter called
Westminster police to report that Carmon had come to her house
looking for the boy, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
The child was found on Saturday morning inside the vehicle,
which was in a restaurant parking lot and covered in six inches
of snow, police said.
The toddler was transported to a local hospital where he was
diagnosed with hypothermia and frost bite to his feet, Thornton
Police said in a statement.
Police said that Carmon on Friday night had gone to a
convenience store near where her car was found.
In images of Carmon on the store's surveillance video, she
appeared "to be slightly crying or whimpering," and "she had the
appearance of being under the influence of a drug or alcohol or
both," according to the affidavit.
The National Weather Service said during the time the boy was
left in the car, a snowstorm passed over the state and
temperatures plummeted from 9 degrees to -8 degrees Fahrenheit,
according to police.
Carmon is being held on a $50,000 bond, jail records show, which
did not indicate if she had retained or been appointed a lawyer.
Carmon did not enter a plea and is set to be back in court on
Wednesday, according to the Adams County District Court website.
(Reporting by Keith Coffman in Denver; Editing by Curtis Skinner
and Leslie Adler)
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