Parx: 2nd child left in car in less than a week

UPDATE: Another Child Left Unattended in Parx Parking Lot
A father left his 6-year-old child in locked car Saturday while he gambled.

According to a report on PhillyBurbs.com, Michael Roytman, 29, of Oakwood Drive, Huntington Valley, left his 6-year-old daughter in his car in the parking lot of Parx Casino on Saturday at about 1:35 p.m. while he gambled.

Parx security officers discovered the child, who had been unattended for less than 10 minutes, according to a report on Philly.com.

"Our security identified the situation within mere minutes," Parx spokeswoman Carrie Nork-Minelli told Philly.com. "The most important thing was that the child was okay."

Bensalem police spokesman Sgt. Andrew Anisman confirmed the incident Sunday and released additional information today.

“This is the second case in less than a week,” he added.

In today's release, Anisman said the temperature was over 90 degrees at the time of the incident and witnesses described the child as being sweaty, hot and her face was flush. He said the child was treated at the scene by Bensalem Rescue and released.

Roytman was arraigned in district court late Saturday on charges of endangering the welfare of children and recklessly endangering another person. He was lodged in Bucks County Prison in lieu of $75,000 bail, according to PhillyBurbs.

Similar incidents have occurred at Parx over the past year or so, including the following:

•On July 16 at 6:55 p.m., Parx security observed three children left alone inside a running vehicle. Bensalem police found a 1-year-old boy, a 2-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl in the car for at least 17 minutes. Frances Casey, 39, of Abington, the children's aunt, said she went into the casino to redeem a promotional voucher for free pots and pans. She also played two slot machines before returning to her vehicle. Casey was charged with endangering the welfare of children. She will appear in court at a later date.

•In April, Sharon Balek, 35, of Philadelphia, was sentenced to two years of probation and banned from Pennsylvania casinos for leaving her two daughters in the parking lot at Parx Casino while she played slot machines for over six hours.

•In January, Donald Waige, 60, of Philadelphia, plead guilty to child endangerment for leaving his 15-month-old son in a parked car in June 2010 while he played penny slots.

In addition to criminal charges, individuals who leave children unattended in the casino parking lot are placed by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on its involuntary Exclusion List, which forbids him from entering state casinos.