Niagara Falls Review
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
A crying baby was found locked in a safe inside a room at the Howard Johnson hotel on Victoria Avenue in Niagara Falls Tuesday morning.
Niagara Regional Police report hotel maintenance was alerted that a baby had been locked in a safe in a room where a family from Brooklyn, N.Y., was staying.
A maintenance worker went to the room and removed the baby from the safe. The baby was reported to be crying and alert.
Police say the parents, who were on scene, immediately took the child and left the hotel before police were made aware of the incident.
Police did not release information on how the baby ended up locked in the safe.
Police are trying to locate the family from Brooklyn because they want to ascertain the welfare of the child and see that it is safe.
The licence plate associated to the hotel?s guest has a New Jersey marker, B31EUB which is registered to a 2015 Grey Ford passenger van.
Anyone with information regarding this vehicle is asked to contact Niagara Regional Police Service Communications Unit 905-688-4111, ext. 4320.
When reached by phone, hotel guest services supervisor Monika Chisholm offered no comment.
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I couldn't help but laugh a little at the hotel signage in the photo included with the story.
"Kids Stay Free" (
as long as they're kept in the safe)