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On In late August 31, 2026, a newborn baby was discovered abandoned in an employee restroom at a ShopRite grocery store supermarket within the City Center shopping complex in White Plains, New York. Following the discovery, the infant was transported to White Plains Hospital and reported to be in stable condition. Westchester County Child Protective Services assumed care of the child. Authorities initially detained a subsequently identified and charged 32-year-old White Plains resident in connection with the incident. By September 3, the suspect was identified as Guerlande Atila, who has been charged Atila with felony child abandonment. Officials noted that while the incident did not qualify for legal protections under New York’s ‘Safe Haven’ law allows for the surrender of law, which requires infants under 30 days old to be left at designated locations without like hospitals or police stations to avoid criminal penalty, the circumstances of this abandonment did not meet the legal requirements for such protections. charges.