Boy Left Alone in Car as Dad Gambles: Police

A Pennsylvania man was arrested after he allegedly left his 7-year-old son alone in a car for hours as he gambled inside a Philadelphia casino..

Bryan Bolds, 32, left the boy inside a vehicle in the parking lot of the Parx Casino in Bensalem around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Bolds then allegedly went inside the casino to play blackjack.

Police said the child was left alone in the car for nearly three hours as Bolds was inside. A passerby heard the boy crying and yelling for his father and contacted police, investigators said.

Officers took the boy to police headquarters. He was not injured during the incident. Bensalem Police, Pennsylvania State Police and Parx Casino Security later found Bolds at a gaming table and he was taken into custody, officials said. 

Bolds was arraigned at 8 p.m. on a misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child. He is being held in the Bucks County Jail on $70,000 bail.

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