Child Left Home Alone Leads to Arrest in Ontario County

Monday, May 5 News Staff

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Metal handcuffs rest on a wooden table surface. — <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Handcuffs_on_table.JPG">U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gustavo Castillo</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

A Farmington resident was arrested Sunday on a charge of endangering the welfare of a child.

Madison Benson is accused of leaving an eight-year-old home alone. The 28-year-old Benson was released on an appearance ticket for Farmington Town Court.

Ontario County Child Protective Services was notified of the incident.

The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.