Louisiana man arrested after 2-year-old child found with high blood alcohol content

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OUACHITA PARISH, La. (KTVE/KARD) -- A Louisiana man was arrested after a child in his care registered a blood-alcohol level nearly three times that which is considered drunk, authorities said.

Deon Burns of Monroe is charged with charged with second-degree cruelty to juveniles.

The Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office was dispatched April 19 to a hospital in Monroe in reference to a two-year-old child having a very high alcohol content in his blood.