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Police: Man Left 5-Year-Old Alone To Visit Bar, Get Food

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) - Police say a Pennsylvania man left a 5-year-old child home alone while the man went to a bar and to get some food in the middle of the night.

Wilkes-Barre police were called after 2 a.m. Thursday when someone saw the child wandering in a street.

When officers investigated, they learned that 34-year-old Norberto Ogando was supposed to be watching the child when he went to the bar.

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Online court records don't list an attorney for Ogando, who remained in the Luzerne County jail Friday and faces a preliminary hearing Dec. 6 on a charge of child endangerment. He was also picked up on an outstanding drug possession warrant.

It was not immediately clear who is currently caring for the child.

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