A Grand Junction woman says a state trooper left her baby and her teenage niece unattended in her car for 25 minutes one night when he took her to jail after a traffic stop.

The Colorado State Patrol says it has taken action against the trooper, but officials say they can't give specifics because it's a personnel issue.

Keio Saupaia says Trooper Jeffrey Verbas pulled her over at about 11 p.m. on April 28 when she had her 7-month-old daughter and 15-year-old niece with her.

She says Verbas contacted her sister to come get the children, but that he didn't wait for the sister to arrive before taking Saupaia to jail.

Verbas doesn't have a listed phone number, and a State Patrol spokesman didn't immediately return a call to The Associated Press.

Saupaia says she was booked into jail on a 10-year-old warrant for a dog violation.