N.L. man accused of abandoning sick child
Glenn Budgell, 34, was arrested in N.S.
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 | 1:46 PM NT
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N.L. man Glenn Budgell, 34, was arrested in Nova Scotia Jan. 22. (RCMP photo)A man from central Newfoundland wanted for failing to provide the necessities of life to a child was arrested in Nova Scotia Jan. 22.
Glenn Budgell, 34, is accused of failing to help a sick five-year-old boy in Grand Falls-Windsor, in central Newfoundland.
RCMP officials said Budgell is also being charged with assault.
Budgell used to live in Gander and Grand Falls-Windsor, according to police.
He was charged after Grand Falls-Windsor District RCMP and the provincial Department of Child, Youth and Family Services conducted a joint investigation, and in the process found that a five-year-old child was not given much needed medical attention.
Officials immediately had the child sent to the Central Regional Health Care Centre in Grand Falls-Windsor.
He was later transferred to the Janeway Hospital in St. John's for further treatment. The child's condition is not believed to be life threatening.
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