Police UPDATE: Nekeisha Williams (DOB 6/16/97) was issued a Misdemeanor Summons for Leaving a Child Under 12 Unsupervised in a Vehicle and released on scene, after leaving her one-year-old son in a vehicle while she visited a doctor’s office.
Fairfield Police received a complaint at 2:03 pm on 9/18/2020 that a child was left alone in a vehicle in the parking lot of 425 Post Road (A Medical Building). Upon police arrival, they located the vehicle with the child inside. Minutes later police made contact with the child’s mother identified as Nekeisha Williams. Willams was turned away from a medical appointment after entering the reception area with her one-year-old child. An office policy at the medical practice only allows the patient in the room. It was determined Williams returned her child to the vehicle after being notified of the policy and according to Williams, set up Facetime with a relative as she then proceeded back into her appointment. An employee of the medical practice grew suspicious and called police when Williams returned to the office without her child 5 minutes after being initially turned away.
It was determined the child was left alone for over 15 minutes. Police on the scene reported the child was not in distress. The doors to the vehicle were secure and the windows were found to be cracked. Williams stated to police she did not have anyone to care for her child as she attended her appointment.
Nekeisha Williams was issued a Misdemeanor Summons and charged with (53-21a) Leaving a Child Under 12 Unsupervised in a Vehicle. She was released on a promise to appear in court on 10/23/20.
2020-09-18@2:33pm–#Fairfield CT– A woman received a summons for leaving a one-year-old child in the back of her car at 425 Post Road. According to reports, the woman arrived to have a procedure done at a doctor’s office in the facility. She was told that due to COVID procedures, the child was not allowed in the building. The report said the woman left the child in the backseat of the car with the windows “cracked open” and “Facetimed” the child while inside the offices.