Buckle your seat belts for this one!A Kentucky dad is in jail for putting his five-week-old son in the oven, leaving him there overnight. (The oven door was open slightly, and the oven was not on.)
Larry Long says he was high on marijuana and drunk on whiskey. He apparently got high at work and went home to share a fifth of whiskey with the baby's mother. According to police reports, Long finished off the bottle as the mom went to bed. When she woke up the next morning, she heard the baby crying ... the cries were coming from the oven.
Sometime that night, Long called a mental health crisis line and told them what he had done. They alerted police. The baby was taken to the hospital, and he was okay.
Long isn't taking responsibility for his actions. Get this: He believes the marijuana he was smoking at work was laced with a hallucinatory.
What the hell?
I just thank God the oven wasn't on and the baby wasn't hurt. Larry Long needs to spend time in rehab and several years in jail. Blaming the pot you're smoking isn't a good enough excuse! How about you lay off the drugs and booze, and actually try taking care of your kid!
His only saving grace is that he did finally realize what he did and called that crisis line. It's just too little, too late. I do hope he gets the help he needs and may one day be a father to this poor baby.
The baby was removed from the home and is now being cared for by family members.
