Mother held after son, dog left in car outside Little Rock grocery store, cops say

A Little Rock woman was arrested after leaving her 1-year-old son and a dog in a vehicle for more than 45 minutes Tuesday while she shopped at a Kroger store, an arrest report said.

Jasmine Dixon, 25, was charged with first-degree endangering the welfare of a minor Tuesday after passers-by at the Kroger at 8824 Geyer Springs Road saw her son and a dog in the front seat of her vehicle for more than 45 minutes, the report said. Dixon told officers she forgot the child was in the car, and officers said they found no car seat in the vehicle, the report said.

Dixon was in the Pulaski County jail in lieu of bond as of Tuesday evening.

Metro on 12/12/2018

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