Dad leaves baby at home while he goes out drinking (Brookings, South Dakota)

UNNAMED DAD was supposed to be minding his 3-month-old son, but decided to leave the baby at home while he went out to hoist a few. Dad was later pulled over for driving under the influence, and he admitted to the police that he had left the baby at home unattended. Do kids need dads like this?

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Dad leaves infant home alone

Posted: Monday, Aug 3rd, 2009
BY: Staff Reports

Brookings police say a man arrested for DUI on Saturday admitted to leaving his 3-month-old child home alone while he was out.

Detective Brett Spencer said a BPD officer arrested the 29-year-old Brookings man at noon Saturday in the 200 block of Sixth Avenue South. That's where the suspect had allegedly stopped his vehicle in the driving lane on the wrong side of the road, facing the wrong direction.

Spencer said the man eventually told the officer that he left his 3-month-old child home alone at a local residence.

The officer contacted the man's girlfriend, who went to check on the baby.

No injuries to the child were reported. Police reports did not indicate how long the infant had been left alone.

The man was arrested on charges of DUI, driving with a revoked license, expired license plates, and failure to maintain financial responsibility.

Spencer said there was no immediate removal of the child from the custody of its parents, but the Department of Social Services was contacted to conduct a follow-up investigation on the unattended child.