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Boardman woman charged after toddler found in street

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

BOARDMAN

A 22-year-old township woman was in court Tuesday facing a charge of child endangering.

Heather R. Schultz has a preliminary hearing May 31 in Mahoning County Area Court here. Police said Schultz was arrested Monday morning when a passer-by found her 3-year-old son alone in a roadway near their Shields Road residence.

When police took the child home, Schultz was asleep, reports state.

Police said the child is in the custody of relatives.