A 39-year-old Pennsylvania man is facing a criminal charge after his 7-year-old son reportedly called 911 to alert authorities that his father had abandoned him in a vehicle to play gambling machines inside a convenience store.
Jason Matthew Eddy was taken into custody last month and charged with one misdemeanor count of endangering the welfare of a child, authorities announced. Police identified the 911 caller as a young boy who told dispatchers with Lancaster County-Wide Communications that his father had left him alone for an extended period.
According to a news release from the Ephrata Police Department, officers responded to a call at the Ephrata Food Mart and Smokeshop in the 100 block of South Reading Road at approximately 5:19 p.m. regarding a call about a child being left unattended in a vehicle. The Lancaster County store is about 65 miles west of Philadelphia…