3-year-old found home alone, locked in room
Eastern Ontario man, 48, charged with forcible confinement
CBC News
Posted: Jan 18, 2013 11:38 AM ET
Last Updated: Jan 18, 2013 1:15 PM ET
A 48-year-old man from Napanee, Ont., has been charged after police claim he left a three-year-old boy alone in an apartment.
Police say an ongoing investigation found the man left the boy alone just before 2 a.m. on New Year's Day and nearby residents could hear the child yelling and crying.
Ontario Provincial Police officers went to the home and found the child locked in a bedroom. Nobody else was found in the apartment.
Police said they found a belt was used to keep the door closed. The boy was not injured but police turned him over to child protection workers.
The caregiver had been visiting someone in another apartment within the same building, police later learned.
He was released with a scheduled court date in Napanee on Feb. 19.
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