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Cops: Babysitter leaves kids, 6 and 1, in car while applying for casino job

Police said they were alerted to the situation when a patron found a 6-year-old boy walking around a self-park garage at the Ocean Resort Casino.

The Ocean Resort Casino on the Atlantic City Boardwalk June 5, 2018, on the Atlantic City Boardwalk June 5, 2018, toward a planned June 28 opening The resort's new owner took over the shuttered Revel casino, which opened in 2012, but closed two years later after declaring bankruptcy for a second time. Colorado real estate developer Bruce Deifik bought the property earlier this year for $200 million, from Florida real estate developer Glenn Straub who purchased it for $82 million in 2015.
The Ocean Resort Casino on the Atlantic City Boardwalk June 5, 2018, on the Atlantic City Boardwalk June 5, 2018, toward a planned June 28 opening The resort's new owner took over the shuttered Revel casino, which opened in 2012, but closed two years later after declaring bankruptcy for a second time. Colorado real estate developer Bruce Deifik bought the property earlier this year for $200 million, from Florida real estate developer Glenn Straub who purchased it for $82 million in 2015.Read moreTom Gralish

A babysitter has been arrested and charged with leaving a 6-year-old boy and his 1-year-old sister in a car while applying for a job at an Atlantic City casino, police said Wednesday.

The children suffered no physical harm.

Police said they were alerted to the situation about 3 p.m. Monday when a patron at the Ocean Resort Casino self-park garage found the boy walking around the facility.

Officers found the car the boy had arrived in and his sister inside, police said.

The National Weather Service said temperatures in Atlantic City were in the mid-70s Monday afternoon.

Police looked for the babysitter for more than an hour before she returned to the garage and was taken into custody. A search of the vehicle also turned up marijuana, police said.

Shaun Saunders, 23, of Pleasantville, was charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and possession of a controlled substance. She was released on a summons with a future court date.

Saunders had left the children in the car to apply for a job at the casino, police said.

The children were returned to their mother after officials found her at work.