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.

Chautauqua County Sheriff Deputies released a report on Tuesday detailing the incident, which involved 28 year-old Jodi Semanovich of Westfield.

Sheriff deputies along with Westfield Police received a report just after 6 p.m. on Dec. 31 regarding a distraught female armed with a hammer and a knife in the Village of Westfield. Police say that upon arrival, Semanovich allegedly charged at responding officers with both the hammer and knife in her hand. Police were able to keep Semanovich from harming anyone, but she is accused of hitting a sheriff patrol vehicle with a hammer. She was then subdued with the use of a taser by an unidentified sheriff deputy.

Semanovich was then taken into custody and transported to a local hospital. On Monday, she was arrested on a warrant and arraigned on charges of Menacing a police or peace officer, reckless endangerment 1st, criminal mischief 3rd, criminal possession of a weapon 4th and disorderly conduct and sent to the county jail.