Overview

• A laundromat employee at 25-15 Seagirt Blvd. in Far Rockaway called police around 5:30 a.m. after seeing the child alone outside.
• EMS took the nonverbal boy to St. John's Episcopal Hospital for evaluation, and he was later identified and placed in ACS custody.
• Police say a community tip and surveillance video helped identify the child and led officers to the family residence, where other children were found.
• The mother was identified as 30-year-old Leshea Harris and was charged in Queens with child abandonment and endangering the welfare of a child.
• Authorities say Harris also faces Brooklyn charges tied to a push-in robbery, and police report she denied having any children when first questioned.