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Harriette M. Hoyt

(Elmira Police Department)

ELMIRA, N.Y. -- A teenager has been charged after a baby girl who was found alive abandoned in a trash bag in the Elmira, police announced.

Harriette M. Hoyt, 17, of Sayre, Pennsylvania, is facing a second-degree attempted murder charge, according to the Elmira Police Department.

Officers were called to the 600 block of Walnut Street in Elmira shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday after neighbors said they found an infant girl abandoned in the trash, police said.

Residents told WENY-TV they looked in the trash after hearing what sounded like a crying cat in a nearby yard. They saw a child's foot sticking out of a garbage bag in the back of a house and discovered it was a baby girl, according to the news station. The baby was alive, but was described as filthy and covered in waste.

@ElmiraPolice officials tell me the baby is ALIVE. Neighbors I spoke to say they found her in the back of the house in the brush. @WENYTV pic.twitter.com/4wJfM4zNST — Isabel Garcia (@WENYIsabelG) August 8, 2017

@ElmiraPolice is on scene at 609 Walnut St. which is now deemed a crime scene after a baby girl was found in a trash bag overnight. @WENYTV pic.twitter.com/sZ6HJm6IQq — Isabel Garcia (@WENYIsabelG) August 8, 2017

The child was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment and evaluation and is in stable condition, police said.

Police arrested Hoyt later Tuesday evening. The Chemung County Child Protective Services, New York State Police and the Chemung County District Attorney's Office all assisted in the investigation.

Police released no further information regarding Hoyt's connection to the child. Hoyt was sent to Chemung County jail and is awaiting arraignment in Elmira City Court.

The Elmira Police Department asks anyone with information on the case to call police at (607) 737-5626 or use the tip line at (607) 271-HALT.