2-year-old found alone in car in Revere

REVERE – Revere police contacted the Department of Children and Families on Monday after a 2-year-old boy was found alone inside a car at a shopping center parking lot for 20 minutes, police said.
A concerned passerby called police from the Northgate Shopping Center parking lot on Squire Road shortly after 5:30 p.m.
Police discovered the boy sitting in a child safety seat alone with the car doors unlocked, police said.
Officers summonsed medical aid as a precaution but the child was OK.
The child’s mother, only identified as a 37-year-old Revere woman, exited a store and arrived at the vehicle. According to police, the woman explained the child was asleep when she arrived at the store and didn’t want to wake him.
“The mother told the officer that she was gone for about 20 minutes when she saw the commotion out front and came to check,” Police Capt. Michael Murphy said.
After medics examined the child he was released back to his mother’s custody, but DCF was notified of the incident.
According to Murphy, a computer check revealed the woman did not have a valid license and she was ticketed for unlicensed operation of a vehicle. The car was towed.