LAKE WORTH — A 26-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday night after her young son was found riding his tricycle alone near a city intersection, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies arrested Romalda Gabriel on a charge of child neglect. She was taken to the sheriff’s office substation in Lake Worth and later transferred to the Palm Beach County Jail.
The child was released to his father.
Deputies found the boy riding alone at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday near the intersection of 2nd Avenue North and North F Street. An alert was issued asking for the public’s help in find the boy’s parents.
When Gabriel was found, she admitted that she lost track of the child, the sheriff’s office said.
