The mother of a baby girl found apparently abandoned on the side of a Maryland road was arrested this evening, accused of taking the infant out of her car and leaving her there. 
  
 Sandra Clara McClary was charged with child neglect and reckless endangerment, Anne Arundel County police said in a statement this evening. 
  
 The woman had called police after they had posted the baby's photo on social media, Lt. T.J. Smith of the Anne Arundel County Police said at a news conference earlier today. 
  
 The woman, who was verified as the baby's mother, initially told investigators the little girl's father was was supposed to have her, but neither of them knew where the child was, police said. 
  
 Investigators later determined that the mother had allegedly had the girl with her in a vehicle in Pasadena, but removed the child from the vehicle and left her on the side of the road, police said. 
  
 The incident began just before midnight Saturday, when officers responded to a report of an abandoned child on the side of a road, the police department said on its Facebook page this morning. 
  
 Officers found a baby girl in a car seat carrier. Police said the baby was 2 or 3 months old. 
  
 "Scuff marks on the carrier and other debris indicate that the carrier may have fell off of a moving vehicle," the police wrote in the post. 
  
 The child was taken to a hospital to be treated for dehydration, police said. 
  
 The baby was in good condition today, Smith said at the news conference, adding that the baby was in the custody of the Department of Social Services. 
  
 The investigation is ongoing, police said this afternoon. The police department is working with the Anne Arundel County State's Attorney's Office. 
  
 Anyone with information can contact the Anne Arundel County Police Department at 410-222-6145. ||||| PASADENA, Md. (WJZ) — The mother of an abandoned baby found on the side of the road in Anne Arundel County is arrested. Police say their investigation revealed that the mother is the one who left the baby on the road alone. 
  
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 Sandra McClary is arrested and charged with child neglect and reckless endangerment after Anne Arundel County police say she left her infant girl in her car seat and on the side of the road in Pasadena. 
  
 “You can’t leave a two or three month old on the side of the road unattended. Period. End of story,” said Lt. T.J. Smith, Anne Arundel County Police Department. 
  
 The child–no more than three months old–is found on the road by Bishop Raymond Showell and his wife while driving home Saturday night on Druid Hill Avenue in Anne Arundel County. 
  
 “There was something in the road. It looked like somebody had left something there, so I slowed my vehicle down and looked. And as I looked to the side, it looked like it was a child in a carriage,” said Showell. “And as I got closer, indeed, that’s exactly what it was.” 
  
 Police say a diaper bag was also left behind with the child. 
  
 Investigators say while questioning the 26-year-old mother, she originally said the child’s father was supposed to have the infant, but did not know where the baby was at the time. 
  
 After proving McClary was indeed the child’s parent, more questions from police led them to conclude that it was McClary who took the baby out of the car, leaving her on the side of the road. 
  
 “The baby was just crying so hard. It’s a shame people would do something like that,” said Alice Burton, who called police. 
  
 Police say there are safe haven laws in the state, meaning you can leave your child with someone at a hospital, church of fire station and not be charged with a crime. 
  
 The child is now in the care of Social Services. ||||| Story highlights Police say the mom of a baby found on the side of the road now faces charges 
  
 Sandra Clara McClary, 26, is accused of child neglect and reckless endangerment 
  
 Officers found the baby girl in a car seat carrier on the side of a residential street in Pasadena, Maryland 
  
 (CNN) At first, the mother of an infant girl found on the side of a road told investigators she had no idea where the baby was. 
  
 But now Sandra Clara McClary, 26, is facing child neglect and reckless endangerment charges, and police accuse her of taking her daughter out of a vehicle and leaving her in the roadside spot where a neighborhood resident discovered her. 
  
 The Anne Arundel County Police Department in Maryland released a picture early Sunday of the little girl, estimated to be 2 to 3 months old, with the question, "Do you know the parent of this baby?" 
  
 Officers found the baby girl shortly before midnight in a car seat carrier on the side of a residential street in Pasadena. A diaper bag was left with the carrier, which had scuff marks of indeterminate origin. 
  
 The image was shared more than 27,000 times from the department's Facebook page, prompting rampant speculation over how she got there. Others urged against rushing to judgment. 
  
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– Police have charged a Maryland mother with child neglect and reckless endangerment after she allegedly left her infant on the side of a Pasadena road, then drove away. A bishop found what police now say is a 6-week-old in a car seat carrier with a diaper bag nearby shortly before midnight on Saturday. "There was something in the road. It looked like somebody had left something there, so I slowed my vehicle down and looked," he tells CBS Baltimore. "It looked like it was a child in a carriage. … That's exactly what it was." The baby girl was taken to the hospital and treated for dehydration; she's now in good condition in the custody of Social Services, reports ABC News. Police say Sandra McClary, 26, called authorities yesterday claiming to be the child's mother after a police photo of the baby was shared more than 31,000 times on Facebook, per CNN. Though she told police the baby was supposed to be with the child's father, officers say McClary's vehicle plate matched a partial tag of a vehicle said to be in the area around the time the child was left. "The baby was just crying so hard. It's a shame people would do something like that," said a woman who called police. Authorities say McClary, whose bail is set at $500,000, could face further charges of child abuse or child abandonment. CNN reports Maryland has safe-haven policies allowing parents to leave their children at fire stations, churches, and hospitals. "You can't leave a 2- to 3-month-old on the side of the road. End of story," an officer says.