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A 19-year-old Arizona mother who police say left her 5-week-old baby strapped in a car seat atop her car roof and drove off is under arrest on child abuse and aggravated DUI charges, Phoenix-area media reported Saturday.

The child, found in the middle of the road, was "perfectly OK," said Officer James Holmes, Phoenix police spokesman, told The Arizona Republic.

The car seat was damaged, Holmes told TV station KTVK.

The baby is in the custody of Arizona Child Protective Services, officials said.

At about 1 a.m. Saturday, police got calls from the area near North 45th Avenue and West Cholla Street in northwest Phoenix that a baby was in a car seat in the middle of a road, The Arizona Republic reported.

Phoenix Fire Department officials found the baby and took him to a local hospital, officials said.

Holmes told reporters that the mother, Catalina Clouser, had apparently been smoking marijuana late Friday night at a nearby park with her boyfriend.

About 11 p.m. they left the park to buy some beer, and the boyfriend was arrested on aggravated DUI charges while on the way, Holmes told The Republic.

An upset Clouser then reportedly went to a friend's house, where police say she admitted smoking more marijuana, Holmes said. Clouser left the house with the baby asleep in the car seat about midnight, he said.

Before driving away, Clouser apparently forgot that she had left her child sitting on the roof of her car, Holmes said.

Clouser realized the baby was missing when she reached home, and started calling friends to look for him and retrace her route, KTVK reported.

The friends ran into the officers investigating the found the baby, and when Clouser arrived, she was arrested, KTVK reported.

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Maybe it's just something about Arizona

OH, MY! That is terrible. Who the fuck leaves a baby on a car? Sure, she was intoxicated, but why put the baby up there to begin with? One would think she would just set the carrier on the ground.

That's horrible! Glad the baby is ok.

WOW!!

You live in Arizona, don't you Cheaps?

^^Yup

Cheaps, I did not know you lived in Arizona. That's cool. My stepdaughter, who I thought would NEVER leave this state, is considering Arizona. That makes me so sad. She's been there a lot and she loves it there. But she is currently watching teaching job listings for there.

Cheaps wrote:

^^Yup

So do you know her?

Alan Smithee wrote:

So do you know her?

NO

LOL.

RedBedroom wrote:

OH, MY! That is terrible. Who the fuck leaves a baby on a car? Sure, she was intoxicated, but why put the baby up there to begin with? One would think she would just set the carrier on the ground.

She put it there because she was dumber than a bag full of hammers!

ok wait a minute people... i have to say that could possibly have been me!! lol My mother left everything on top of the car!

once we were returning from a restaurant, with my mom my 3 teenaged sisters, and me and my bro (about 4&5). There was a car full of boys next to us at a light, and they were laughing and making googly eyes with my sisters--- who of course were all arguing over who the guys were looking at. At the next stop light, my mom hit the brakes harder than before.. and the doggie back she left on the roof slid down and steak and gravy were smeared all over the windshield. She has also left coffee, her purse, a bike tire, and folders on top of the car--- and that is just what i remember!!! lol

seriously tho--- the baby thing is fucked up!

RedBedroom wrote:

OH, MY! That is terrible. Who the fuck leaves a baby on a car? Sure, she was intoxicated, but why put the baby up there to begin with? One would think she would just set the carrier on the ground.

The scary part is this has happened several times before over the years. And the mothers in question aren't always drunk, so I don't get how the hell you can forget that you left your baby on top of the car.