Yarmouth woman charged with leaving baby outside casino

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Yarmouth woman charged 

with leaving baby outside casino

LINCOLN, R.I. — A South Yarmouth woman left her 3-month-old baby alone in a running vehicle outside a Rhode Island casino for about 90 minutes Wednesday while she was inside, according to police.

Lincoln police charged Halston Borglund, 26, with cruelty or neglect of a child.

A warrant also was issued for Borglund out of Barnstable District Court on Thursday for an alleged probation violation in a 2015 case, where she pleaded guilty to a charge of larceny of a drug.

An officer at Twin River Casino was informed by security at around 10 a.m. Wednesday that a child had been left alone in a parked vehicle.

Authorities found the girl inside a running sport utility vehicle with a window down. 

Borglund came out of the casino and allegedly said she left the baby alone for just a few minutes while she ran inside to retrieve keys.

Casino security said she actually had entered at around 8:30 a.m.

The baby was evaluated at a hospital and taken into state care.

It was not clear from online Rhode Island court records if Borglund was released on bail or was still in custody. Lincoln police did not respond to multiple voicemails Thursday seeking more information.

According to the Barnstable docket, a notice of probation violation was filed July 30 and Borglund’s probation officers requested the warrant Thursday.

In the 2015 case, she stole fentanyl, an extremely powerful opiate, from an unconscious patient who was receiving the medication through an intravenous line, according to police reports.

Borglund has a total of six cases in the Barnstable court dating back to 2010, excluding traffic violations, court records show.

Three cases were filed in 2010 and two cases in 2012, and all are closed, leaving the 2015 case.

In January 2010, she was charged with assault and battery. The charge was dismissed the following month at the request of the victim, according to the docket from the case.

In May 2010, Borglund was charged with assault and battery and malicious destruction of property. That case was dismissed in June of that year because the victim failed to cooperate, according to the docket.

In July of that year, she was charged with receiving stolen property. She pleaded guilty in January 2011, according to the docket. Although the terms of the plea are not in the file, it states that the case was “continued without a finding” and a probation order was entered. She was “discharged on all counts” and the case was closed on Oct. 25, 2015, according to the docket.

On Aug. 16, 2012, she was charged with 18 counts, including identity fraud, writing bad checks, theft and vandalization. She pleaded guilty to 10 counts in April 2013, which was followed by a probation violation and the termination of her probation in June 2014, according to the docket.

On Aug. 28, 2012, she was charged with larceny and breaking and entering in the daytime. She pleaded guilty in April 2013 and, after violating her probation, was sentenced to jail on June 10, 2014. The docket does not state what sentence she received.


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