YOUNGSTOWN An investigation into a report of two unattended children near a gas station on Youngstown’s South Side Friday morning led to the arrest of a woman on child endangering charges and the removal of ten children from a squalid home, according to Youngstown police.

The incident began around 11:20 a.m. when police received a call about two children, a toddler and an 18-month-old, alone in a high-traffic area at the South Avenue Gas Mart, 2325 South Ave.

An anonymous caller told police that a male juvenile later took the 18-month-old away from the scene. The remaining child, a 2- to 3-year-old wearing a "Spider-Man" shirt and only a diaper, was turned over to Mahoning County Children's Services.

At the time the child was reported found, and until a police report was filed an h

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