A Tazewell man was arrested on Saturday (November 9) and charged with endangering the welfare of a minor after leaving a baby inside their car while playing putt-putt golf at Pine Mountain State Resort Park.
According to WRIL, Pine Mountain State Park Ranger Trent Kelly responded to a clerk at the lodge who reported a guest had left their baby unattended inside a vehicle in the parking lot. Kelly states in a citation that he could hear the child crying “from at least 100 yards.”
The ranger said the vehicle was locked and he had to break the window to remove the distressed baby. He found the child red in the face sweating through it’s clothing. A park employee gave the child water.
Once the child was out, a man identified as the father — 32-year-old Charles Daniel York of Tazewell, Tennessee — and two other children, returned from playing putt-putt golf. Knox EMS had been contacted and arrived to check the health condition of the child.
Ranger Kelly consulted with a county social service worker who advised the children could be released to their mother if there were no further issues, which there weren’t. She traveled from Tennessee to pick them up.
Charles York was arrested and lodged in the Bell County Detention Center charged with endangering the welfare of a minor.
Kentucky State Police also assisted on scene.