Police: Children left in cold car while parents gambled at casino

Thursday, February 18, 2016
READING, Pa. -- A Reading, Pennsylvania, couple is accused of gambling with their children's well-being, leaving them locked in a cold car so they could gamble.

The car was parked at the Sands Casino in Bethlehem overnight on Monday when temperatures dipped to 11 degrees, police say.
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Enrique Garcia and his wife Frances face misdemeanor charges.

They are free on bail.
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