Crime & Safety
Bad Babysitter: Passed Out Nashville Man Leaves Baby Surrounded By Beer Cans, Cocaine, Police Say
A 23-year-old Nashville man is (allegedly) a very bad babysitter, according to Franklin Police.
FRANKLIN, TN — Relatives of 23-year-old Nashvillian Kyle Shepard are unlikely to ask him to chip in with the babysitting again anytime soon.
Franklin Police responded to the Hardison Hills Condominiums on Downs Boulevard at 3:15 Saturday afternoon to find Shepard "lying on the ground and unable to move." Inside, officers found a 9-month-old baby "surrounded by beer cans and cocaine residue," unattended and crying, according to a police report.
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The child, identified as a relative of Shepard's, was surrendered to its mother. Shepard is charged with child neglect and possession of drug paraphernalia. He is being held on a $6,000 bond.
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