VBT Police get warrant for Iowa woman who left baby in hot, locked car

By Rosemary K. Otzman
Independent Editor
Aisha Tahir, 29, of Dubuque, Iowa, is charged with leaving a child in a vehicle resulting in physical harm to the child – and she will be arraigned as soon as she gets back to Michigan.
Van Buren Township Detective Ken Toney said the incident occurred at Walmart and Tahir was not arrested at the time of incident. She went to the University of Michigan Hospital with her baby, he said.
Detective Toney submitted a warrant request to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office and they issued the warrant, which is a one-year misdemeanor.
According to an Aug. 1 news release from Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy, on June 28 at about 11 a.m., a police officer was dispatched to the parking lot of the Van Buren Township Walmart because an infant was observed locked in a car with all of the windows closed.
It is alleged that Tahir left her six-month-old infant in the car when the temperature at the time was 77 degrees with 64% humidity. Medics were called to the scene and the child was taken to the U of M Hospital with a 100 degree temperature.
The child was treated and released to the care of a social worker.
Tahir will be arraigned at 34th District Court in Romulus once she returns to Michigan and her attorney said they will try to get everything done with the case while she is back in the state. Tahir is being represented by Stephanie Service of Kronzek & Cronkright, Attorneys and Counselors at Law.
“Leaving your very young babies and children in unsafe sleep situations or unsupervised in swimming pools, houses, hotels, and hot cars can result in dead children and criminal charges,” said Prosecutor Worthy. “These are difficult cases,” she said of five cases involving children that she discussed in her news releases, “