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Jackson County father arrested after 3-year-old found wandering street

JACKSON COUNTY, Ind. (WISH) — A Jackson County father has been arrested and charged with neglect after his 3-year-old son was found wandering the streets wearing only a T-shirt.

Police say 49-year-old Raymond Davis III was asleep at a house Saturday in the 6000 block of County Road 1025 East near Crothersville when the boy walked away. Davis’ 11-year-old son was also in the home.

Davis told police that he thought the children were being watched by their grandparents.

He was arrested for neglect of a dependent, a level 6 felony, and is being held without bond in the Jackson County Jail.

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