Woman Accused of Letting 4-Year-Old Wander Half a Mile Away
A Bradford woman accused of letting a four-year-old wander half a mile by himself has waived her preliminary hearing.
27-year-old Tora Boyer was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after a railroad worker brought the boy to the police station on the afternoon of July 8, saying he found the child in a wooded area off Hilton Street near the railroad tracks.
The boy was crying, hungry and thirsty and said he had been outside all day and was afraid. The boy had to cross several streets in high traffic areas to get from Boyer's home to where he was found, according to papers filed in District Judge Dom Cercone's office.
Court records say that at about the same time the boy was taken to the police station, Boyer called the station to say the boy she was babysitting was missing. She said she fell asleep at around 9 a.m. and, when she woke up at around 3 p.m., he was missing.
Police say when they questioned Boyer she was "highly uncooperative and argumentative" and blamed the incident on the boy and his parents.
Boyer is free on unsecured bail.
27-year-old Tora Boyer was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after a railroad worker brought the boy to the police station on the afternoon of July 8, saying he found the child in a wooded area off Hilton Street near the railroad tracks.
The boy was crying, hungry and thirsty and said he had been outside all day and was afraid. The boy had to cross several streets in high traffic areas to get from Boyer's home to where he was found, according to papers filed in District Judge Dom Cercone's office.
Court records say that at about the same time the boy was taken to the police station, Boyer called the station to say the boy she was babysitting was missing. She said she fell asleep at around 9 a.m. and, when she woke up at around 3 p.m., he was missing.
Police say when they questioned Boyer she was "highly uncooperative and argumentative" and blamed the incident on the boy and his parents.
Boyer is free on unsecured bail.
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