BEREA, Ky. -- Police have charged a man with abuse after his 2-year-old son was sunburned.
According to police, Bobby Jones, 27, left his son in the sun for 90 minutes without any sunscreen.
"When you've got a fair-haired kid out there with no shirt on, it's not going to take very long for that child to basically get roasted," said Berea Police Capt. Ken Clark.
Jones was charged with criminal abuse. Police said he didn’t take adequate care to protect the boy's welfare.
Doctors said the boy had second- and third-degree burns. "Just looking at these pictures makes me cringe," said Clark.
The child’s mother reported the burns after she picked him up.
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