A Kentucky cook put his five-week-old son in the oven overnight while he went to bed, CNN reported Tuesday.
Larry Long, 33, had been smoking marijuana at the restaurant where he works before returning home to share a fifth of whiskey with the baby’s mother, Brandy Hatton, McCracken County Sheriff Jon Hayden said in a statement.
High and drunk, he put the baby in the oven – which he left switched off and slightly ajar – and went to bed.
It wasn’t until he woke at 5:30 a.m. (local time) to hear the baby’s cries coming from the oven that he realized what he had done.
Long immediately called emergency and a mental health crisis line, who then alerted authorities.
“He actually called a mental health crisis line immediately thereafter and told them that he had done this. And they contacted us,” Hayden said.
The baby was found to be unharmed after emergency crews transported him to a local hospital.
Police arrested and charged Long with first degree wanton endangerment. He is being held on bail of $10,000.
Long blamed his actions on the marijuana, which he believes was laced with a hallucinatory agent, officials said.
The infant was removed from his mother’s care and is in the custody of members of her family.