McCracken County, Kentucky: A night of whiskey and marijuana could have turned out worse for Larry Long, but not a lot worse.
After smoking marijuana at work, the 33-year-old cook returned home to consume the lion’s share of a fifth of whiskey with the baby’s mother, Brandy Hatton. After four or five shots, Hatton went to bed, leaving Long with their five-week-old son and the rest of the bottle.
That’s when things got a little crazy. When Hatton woke up at 5:30, she heard the baby crying. She followed the cries to the kitchen, where she found her son in the oven. Mercifully, the oven was off and the door was slightly ajar. Police claim that he had been there for several hours.
The incident was reported by staff at a mental health crisis line that Long called when he realized what he had done. He believes that his actions were the result of his marijuana being laced with a hallucinatory drug.
Long was charged with first degree wanton endangerment and is being held on bail of $10,000. The baby is now in the care of family members.
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