The mother and father of a baby found abandoned in near freezing temperatures outside a fire station are charged with unlawful neglect of a child. Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright says the baby was 6 hours old when found wrapped in a towel with a body temperature of 88 degrees Friday night.
Wright says the infant has recovered and is in protective custody.
The sheriff says while a fire station is a safe haven to leave an infant, the couple were charged because they didn't make sure the baby was safe before they left.
Twenty-one-year-old Harold O'Neal was released from the Spartanburg County jail Tuesday afternoon on a $10,000 bond.
The 17-year-old baby's mother is charged as a juvenile because she was 16 last week.
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