SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP - An East Pennsboro Township woman has been charged with leaving her newborn infant in her car while she shopped at the Walmart along the Carlisle Pike Friday afternoon.

A patrol officer spotted the BMW belonging to Nataliya Mykolaivna Ward, 29, no address given, parked across three parking spaces and appeared to be unoccupied just before 4 p.m., police said.

The officer then discovered a 20-day old infant wrapped in a blanket, lying on the floor board behind the passenger's seat. Ward arrived at the car minutes later, police said.

Ward has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child and leaving a child unattended in a vehicle.

Silver Spring Township Police also referred the case to Cumberland County Children & Youth Services.