Modesto police arrested a man who was found passed out next to his cold, wet child in a fast food drive-through, officers said Thursday.
A man who had arrived to his work next to a fast food restaurant at about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday saw a stroller in the drive-through of the closed restaurant and heard a baby crying, police said.
The man went to the only open business nearby -- a 76 gas station -- because he thought the baby's parent may be inside, but found no one except the clerk.
As the man's coworker arrived, his vehicle headlights lit up the drive-through, which allowed the man to see another person, later identified as 24-year-old Raymond Collingwood, and the child lying on the ground next to the stroller.
Firefighters arrived and took the baby boy, who was wearing a pajama onesie and was wrapped in a blanket.
Fire crews woke Collingwood, who ran from the scene, but police caught him a block away, according to a Modesto police spokesperson.
Officers said Collingwood and the child's mother are homeless and have been staying with the woman's mother.
Collingwood and his partner got into a fight at the mother's home the night before, and Collingwood left with the child, according to investigators.
The child was taken to the hospital and released and remains in child protective custody, police said.
Officers said they believe Collingwood was under the influence of alcohol when he fell asleep.
Collingwood was arrested on felony child endangerment and also has three outstanding warrants on drug charges and obstructing justice, investigators said.
Father of the year award??? I think not!!
Looks like he should have been put in protective custody years ago--- for his own safety. He should also be charged with Felonious Breeding...
Felonious Breeding
That's a good one!!