A Prestonsburg man is facing a child endangerment charge after police say a small child was found walking in the street in freezing temperatures wearing only a diaper and shirt.
Prestonsburg Police Officer Bryan Tipton wrote in a citation that on the evening of February 7, officers were called to Maple Avenue, where the child was found in the street with snow on the ground and temperatures in the 20s.
Tipton said the caller had taken the child into their home, and after leaving the child in the care of another officer, he went through the neighborhood looking for the parents and spoke with a woman who said her child was supposed to be with his father, 25‑year‑old Juan Ramon Pena, who was taken into custody.