According to the Lakewood-Busti Police Department, officers were called to WalMart just after 9:15 p.m. Sunday after a small group of shoppers and store employees noticed a child left unattended near its stroller in the shoe department.

Officers brought the child to the loss prevention until the parents could be located. Police say the child was left unattended for a “significant amount of time.”

Upon investigation, police learned the child was with a group of shoppers who had gone into the shoe department and then allegedly left the area of the store without the baby.

The mother, identified as 20 year-old Nelly Gonzalez, was located and charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Police contacted Child Protective Services, who instructed officers that the child could be returned to the mother.

During the investigation police also discovered a man in Gonzalez’s group had an order of protection against him for a person that was with Gonzalez.

The man was identified as Miguel Ramos Flores and was charged with criminal contempt. Police say Flores struggled during the arrest and a taser had to be used to subdue him. He was given an additional charge of resisting arrest and was arraigned in Busti town court and sent to the county jail on $10,000 bail.