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Prisoners baby-sit toddler found on Md. highway

by Pat Coate | March 30, 2009
"Me and my inmate crew, we just kind of baby-sat for the next three hours."
- Gary Kershner, correctional officer

Hagerstown, Maryland, USA - A prison work crew baby-sat a 2 1/2-year-old boy who was spotted Friday running along the center lines of a rural Maryland highway, with trucks loaded with gravel rumbling by, police and correctional officials said.

He said the child was reunited with his family after Child Protective Services investigated and found no immediate cause to suspect abuse or neglect.

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