Man Jailed for Leaving 17-year-old Son Alone in Car

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Police say a Shepherdsville man is facing a misdemeanor charge after he left his 17-year-old son alone in a vehicle while he went inside a bar to drink. According to an arrest report, 59-year-old James L. Osborne was seen walking into The Electric Cowboy, a bar on Dixie Highway, near Oak Park Drive, early Saturday morning, shortly before 2:30 a.m. Witnesses say he left a young boy inside his vehicle. When police arrived, they approached the boy and asked him his age. It was determined that the boy was 17. Police say they met with Osborne and he told them he had consumed two alcoholic beverages. "The subject stated he didn't see anything wrong with leaving his son in the car while he drank in the night club," police say. "In his words, 'they were bonding.'" The boy was released into the custody of his grandmother. Police say they arrested Osborne and charged him with endangering the welfare of a minor, a misdemeanor.

source: WDRB