JAMESTOWN – Two Jamestown residents have been charged with child endangerment following an investigation by Jamestown Police early Sunday evening.
Officers were called to the area of 700 E 2nd St. just before 6:30 p.m. Sunday for a report of a child walking around unattended.
On arrival police found the child and after 30 minutes from the original call, the parents called police to say they couldn’t find their child.
A further investigation found that one of the parents had fallen asleep when the child left the house and walked unattended for almost an entire city block.
Police charged both 29 year-old Christina Scrivener and 25 year-old Andrew Morton with one count of child endangerment. The child was turned over to a family friend and child protected services was notified.
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