Children Left In Hot Car, Local Man Charged

SOUTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man is facing charges of endangering the welfare of children, recklessly endangering another person and leaving a child unattended in a vehicle, after police said he left an infant and a toddler inside a hot car in the parking lot of the Trinity Point Walmart in Washington. Police said two girls, 9 months old and 3 years old, had been in the car for about 45 minutes. The 3-year-old was unresponsive. The children were taken to a hospital to be cared for. The girls’ mother told police that the children were left in the care of Fritzson Charles. Charles was arrested and taken to the Washington County Prison, where he was denied bail