A Peachtree

City woman has been arrested for abandoning her 10-month-old son in a

wooded area near the police station Sunday night.

Melecia Bailey,

30, was arrested Monday for one felony count of cruelty to children and

a misdemeanor count of interference with child custody. At the time of

the incident, the boy's grandmother had legal custody of him, said Maj.

Mike DuPree of the Peachtree City Police Department.

The boy was

crying, which alerted a nearby citizen who was walking to work on a nearby

cart path, DuPree said. The citizen used the call box in front of the

police station to report the incident.

Police believe

Bailey took her son from the nursery at First Baptist Church, according

to the incident report filed on the matter.

The child didn't

appear injured after a check by the Peachtree City Fire and Rescue Department,

DuPree said. Police officers took custody of the boy while the Department

of Family and Children Services was notified, he added.

Though the

child's appearance originally baffled authorities, the case didn't take

long to solve, DuPree said.

"It was

easy when the relative (who had custody of the child) came by the Police

Department to find out if we knew anything about the child," DuPree

said.

It was fortunate

the baby was found soon because it was cold outside Sunday night, DuPree

said.

"Especially

on a cool night like that and also because the child was situated so close

to the creek," DuPree added.

DuPree said

he was told that Bailey said she dropped off the child because it was

too difficult for her to take care of the youth.

DuPree did

not know why the grandmother had been awarded custody of the child.