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According to Child Protective Services, a 1-month-old boy was placed with relatives after his teenage mother was arrested in San Antonio after she was accused of leaving him with a woman she had just met at a bus stop.

The baby’s mother was charged with abandoning and endangering a child with intent to return, according to Bexar County Court records, and a judge set her bail at $7,000.

Police said the incident happened late in the morning on September 13, after the mother approached the woman at a downtown bus stop and asked if she could borrow her phone to make a call. The woman commented that the baby was beautiful, and the mother reportedly handed over her infant son.

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A woman is facing charges after she allegedly gave her newborn to a stranger she encountered while walking down the street. 

25-year-old Yessenia Cardenas is from Corpus Christi. She recently became the new mother of a daughter. 

At approximately 10:30 PM on March 20, Cardenas was reportedly walking around with her child, who was 12-days old at the time. 

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A single mom in North Carolina is facing charges after accusations that she abandoned her two children on the side of the road without any supervision.

On October 2, 38-year-old Jennifer Westfall reportedly became so exhausted that she allegedly drove her two children to a location away from home and left them on the side of the road. Westfall is also being accused of having driven away from the spot before making sure that the youngsters, who are age 19 months and 9-years-old, were in the care of someone responsible.

A woman allegedly found the kids roadside without a guardian and took them to a nearby school where they notified CPS of the situation.

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