An Illinois day care worker was busted on child endangerment charges for allegedly leaving a 4-year-old boy in her care in a freezing alley before planting him in a trash can. Anna Petrou ...

Sun-Times file Share A woman was charged with child endangerment after a 4-year-old boy was placed in a trash can and outside when ... put the boy in the alley for 20 seconds while the temperature ...

That night Anna Petrou, 58, reportedly forced the toddler outside into a 19-degree alley for 20 seconds before bringing him back inside and placing him in an empty garbage can as punishment.

TAKE A LOOK DOWN THIS ALLEY, OVERFLOWING CANS. THERE’S TRASH STREWN UP AND DOWN THE ALLEY. AND THAT’S PERHAPS WHY WE SAW DPW CREWS OUT CLEANING UP ALLEYS THIS MORNING. THOSE WHO DID HAVE THEIR ...