Two Utica Police officers and two workers from Oneida County Child Protective Services met at Ford's home on Saturday around 11.30am. The nine-month-old baby and Ford's other three children- ages one two and five- were taken away after the two-hour vis
She's been identified as 27-year-old Ledrika Ford.
The video posted on Facebook also showed several people attending to the child, according to a press release from the Utica Police Department. After several hours, police were able to locate 27-year-old Ledrika Ford on the 500 block of Milgate Street, in Utica.
In a statement released on Saturday morning, Utica Police said Ford told officers that she and an unnamed relative were unsure as to how her infant ended up on the street.
She returned to Pellettiere Avenue and Bleecker Street, where she had left when she didn't see her child Ford told officers and found her baby, police said.
Ford said she went back to Pellettieri and Bleecker Street, where she found her child.
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The video has been uploaded to social media and has been viewed over 2.4 million times and shared over 63,000 times. She's now charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
The child was evaluated at a local hospital and Child Protective Services were notified.
Two Utica Police officers and two workers from Oneida County Child Protective Services met at Ford's home on Saturday around 11.30am. Authorities then chose to remove the nine-month-old baby and Ford's two other young children.
Police began an investigation when they became aware of the video on Facebook around 10:30 on Friday.
Ford is now not in police custody.
Ford is due in court on March 23.
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