The mother of the newborn baby initially reported as abandoned in a North York plaza will not be facing any criminal charges, Toronto police say.

“There is nobody under arrest and we’re not looking for anyone else,” Const. David Hopkinson said.

Police were first called to the plaza at Keele St. and Lawrence Ave. W. around 11 a.m. for reports of an abandoned baby.

According to sources with knowledge of the police investigation, however, the mother had been with the baby the entire time — contrary to the initial report that the newborn had been abandoned and found by a passerby around 10:30 a.m.

When emergency services arrived on scene, Hopkinson said the baby was in poor condition and was immediately rushed to hospital, where he remains in critical condition.

“We then began the search for the mother of the child because we believed the child had been delivered quite recently,” Hopkinson said. “A short time later we found the mother, who was in need of medical care.”

The mother was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Hopkinson said.

With files from Star staff