A 42-year-old man is accused of leaving a 2-year-old child in a hot car while he appeared in a Douglas County courtroom on a probation violation.
A citizen found the child inside the car parked around 17th and Farnam Streets around 11:30 a.m. Thursday, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. At the time, according to National Weather Service records, the outside air temperature was around 90 degrees.
Once the citizen removed the child from the car, they contacted Douglas County 911, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Omaha police officers and Douglas County sheriff’s deputies responded to the incident. The child was taken to the Nebraska Medical Center as a precaution and was in good condition.
Law enforcement officers found the vehicle belonged to the man who did not tell deputies at the courthouse he had left a child in his car, authorities said.
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The man was taken to the Douglas County Jail on suspicion of child abuse with intent that did not result in serious bodily harm in addition to his previous violation of probation.