Father arrested after leaving injured toddler at Joliet bar, sheriff says

The Brief

  • A Lockport man was arrested after allegedly leaving his injured toddler at a Joliet bar for over 90 minutes.
  • The child had facial injuries, which witnesses said were caused by the father kicking them.
  • The father faces child abandonment, domestic battery, and child endangerment charges.

JOLIET, Ill. A Chicago-area father was arrested Monday night after deputies said he left his injured toddler inside a Joliet bar and did not return for more than an hour.

What we know:

Will County sheriff’s deputies were called around 7:35 p.m. to a bar in the 1800 block of East Washington Street for a report of an abandoned child.

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