2 year old found in Spfld parking lot

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - It's the dark side of Black Friday.

Springfield Police Captain Cheryl Claprood told 22News at around 1:30AM Friday, a man left his girlfriend's two year old child in the car, so he could go into the K-Mart at the Springfield Plaza on Liberty Street, and buy a 51 inch television.

34 year old Anthony Perry of Springfield will be charged with reckless endangerment to a child.

He denies what happened, telling police that he went into the store with the child, and the boy got lost.

Captain Claprood says Perry never called the Springfield police to report the boy missing.

Police got word of the alleged abandonment from plaza security. They found the boy in the parking lot, sleeping in a Nissan Venza. Police forced their way into the car to get the child. The boy was taken to Baystate Medical Center to make sure he was okay.

The child's mother was working at the time, and her boyfriend was supposed to be babysitting.

Police caught up with Perry at his home in Springfield, where he had his 51 inch TV with him.

Police are not sure how Perry was able to get from the K-Mart plaza to his home without taking the car he drove to the store.

The Department of Children and Families will decide what happens to the child.