Babysitter charged after leaving kids in car

Aimee Cotton, 40, from Oak Bluffs, is charged with leaving two young children in a car for about three hours. A 3-year-old boy was found unresponsive and hospitalized. Cotton pleaded not guilty to assault and reckless endangerment. Cotton initially claimed she left the boy in the car for 15 minutes. However, surveillance footage showed the children were unattended for nearly three hours. Cotton later admitted to leaving them while doing chores. The boy remains in critical condition. Cotton's bail is set at $2,800, and she is prohibited from unsupervised contact with children under five. A pretrial date is set for April 28.