Father's Day Is Approaching, But This Drunk Dad Might Be in Jail

Bridgeport, CT - A 38-year-old dad from Bridgeport was arrested Sunday on a charge of Risk of Injury to a Minor for allegedly passing out drunk with his 2-year-old child in a stroller next to him, according to police.

Keith Newkirk smelled of alcohol when police approached him, having received calls of a passed out man on Grant Street with a child next to him, reports the Connecticut Post.

He claimed to police that he had only stopped briefly to rest, but prior to that he allegedly berated a concerned person who had woken him up, police said.

Newkirk is being held in lieu of a $10,000 bond, and his son has been turned over to the state Department of Children and Families.

Click here to read the full story on the Connecticut Post website.