Lyndsey Hall and Scott Babineau told cops that the dog would guard the baby

[Dakota Valkyrie]

A state trooper arrested a Winthrop man and woman Tuesday in Lewiston on the charge of endangering the welfare of a child after allegedly leaving a crying, 4-month-old girl in an unlocked pickup truck with a barking dog.

Concerned people flagged down Trooper Robert Burke in front of the courthouse on Lisbon Street in Lewiston around 11:30 a.m. because a child was in a car seat in a 2000 GMC pickup truck with a barking dog. The door to the truck was unlocked but he could not get to the child because of the barking dog, which may have been a pit bull or pit bill mix.

He said the parents showed up at the truck 25 to 30 minutes later. Burke said they told him they had been shopping at a local head shop and thought that their child would be OK because the dog would protect her.

Burke arrested Lyndsey Hall, 18, of Winthrop, and Scott Babineau, 20, of Winthrop, on the charge of endangering the welfare of a child. They were taken to the Androscoggin County jail.
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The Department of Health and Human Services took the child into six-hour protective custody. DHHS will investigate the incident.

A Lewiston animal control officer took possession of the dog. He opened the truck door and put the dog on a leash.
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The pickup truck was also towed away for having improperly attached registration plates, Burke said. The registration belonged to another vehicle.

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[OMalley]

Dumbasses. They had important things to do, at the head shop!

[Jaded]

It's a shame that stupidity is painless.

[MC30]

oh good gawd. how stupid.

[LadyCygnet]

Oh, Lord. I'm glad someone came before the dog got hungry or the truck got hot.

And who wants to bet that they were planning on letting the dog babysit while they got high? Good grief--either give it up or get a clean sitter.

[momof3]

These two kids are Just plain dumbfucks. Too many of these stupidasses walking around these days and they Just keep breeding even more dumbasses to suck up our hard earned tax money. I feel horrible for physically and mentally abused children and hopefully we get to these kids in time but sadly too many fall through the cracks and wind up here as news articles doing the same awful things to their children. It's a sad vicious cycle. I commend those who break the cycles but just as sad those children r too far and few between.

[cheeseburgersanchez]

This reminds me of the beginning of the movie "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back". Silent Bob's mother leaves him in front of the store to get cupcakes. Then Jay's mom leaves him next to Bob and tells him to wait there while mommy gets a score. A passerby asks her who is watching the children and she replies "The fat one is watching the little one." Oh Kevin Smith, look what you started! lol (Just for the record, I loves me some Kevin Smith)