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Mother of infant abandoned in shoebox arrested

Detectives found the mother of a newborn that had been abandoned in a shoebox in Hempstead and arrested her on charges of reckless endangerment, endangering the welfare of a child and abandonment of a child, police said Wednesday.

Xiomara Gamez, 25, of Hempstead, was to be arraigned on those charges Thursday in First District Court.

The infant, named Baby Hope by authorities, was found...

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