A 14-month-old baby is in stable condition in hospital after being left outside on the front steps of a west end Belleville home Tuesday morning.
A neighbour on Stavebank Road heard an infant’s cries around 10:30 and found the child on the steps.
The neighbour knocked on the door but there was no answer and called police. The baby was rushed to hospital by the Hastings Quinte Paramedic Service and police found its mother passed out in the basement of the residence.
A 31-year-old Belleville woman, who will not be identified to protect the identity of the baby, faces a charge of failing to provide the necessities of life and is in court December 27.
