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Police: Father Leaves Baby In Car

Police said a Pennsylvania father left his 16-month-old inside a hot car while he shopped in an adult store.

The baby was left in the parking lot of Fritz The Cat adult store and theatre in Ohio County.

Police said a man found the baby inside a car, strapped in a car seat and left all alone with the temperature outside at 85 degrees.

According to reports, the back windows of the car were rolled all the way up and the front windows were only cracked.

The baby's father, Richard Shutlz of Houston, Penn., is in custody charged with child neglect.

A deputy with the Ohio County Sheriff's Department was able to reach his arm through a cracked window and unlock the door to rescue the screaming baby.

Deputies said Shutlz was inside the store long enough to pick out three videos.

They said when he found out the store didn't take debit cards, he left to go to an ATM machine, but he came back again a short time later.

This time they said he left his son sweating, confined in the car for 10 minutes.

The boy was taken to the hospital as a precaution and is home with his mother.

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