Credit: Bensalem Police
A couple is accused of leaving their three children in a car while they were in Parx Casino in Bensalem.
The couple reportedly went into Parx for a little less than two hours and left their kids – ages 1, 3 and 8 – inside their car in the parking lot.
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Bensalem police said the 1 and 3 year olds were left in the car seats while their parents – Jarrett Evan Nelson, 39, and Ebony J. Walker, 30, both of Newark, New Jersey – went inside the casino. The temperature at the time hovered around freezing and the car was not running, authorities said.
Officers reviewed survalliance video that confirmed the couple went into the casino without their children, police said.
The children were unharmed and released to other family members.
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Nelson and Walker were charged each with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment. The two were remanded to prison by District Judge Daniel Baranoski on 10 percent of $50,000 bail.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
