Carson City man jailed on felony child neglect, boy removed from ‘disgusting’ motel room
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Fri, 01/30/2015 - 11:47am
A 43-year-old Carson City man was arrested Thursday at a motel in the 1900 block of North Carson Street on felony suspicion of child abuse and neglect after allegedly tossing his two-year-old son alone into a hallway, saying he was going to hurt the boy and then later telling police he should have killed him, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.
Patrick Michael Langley is being held on $40,412 bail. He also faces a misdemeanor charge of obstructing an officer. According to the arrest report, officers were dispatched to a motel in reference of a child in need of supervision.
Officers spoke with a reporting witness who said she observed Langley push his small son out of the room into the hallway and told him “stay there and wait for them.” The boy looked lost. The reporting witness asked the man if he needed any help. The witness said Langley told her “yes, take him or I will end up hurting him.” He then grabbed the boy, pulled him back into the room and slammed the door. The reporting witness called police.
Officers arrived and made several attempts knocking at the door. The motel manager opened the door with a pass key and allowed the officer inside. The officer saw the child standing in the room and Langley on the bed. He smelled strongly of alcohol. The officer asked Langley why he placed the child in the hallway and told him to wait there and then threatened to hurt the child.
Langley then began to cuss and yell and threaten the officer, jumping from the bed, grabbing the boy, going back into the bed, placing the boy on his stomach and chest area where he held him them as the boy cried.
The officer attempted to move toward Langley, who then began kicking at him. The man then stood up, and with the boy out of the way, put up his fists attempting to fight the officer, the arrest report states. He was tackled and taken to the floor, resisting arrest. Other officers entered the room as this was happening and the boy was safe from harm, the arrest report states.
The motel room was found to be “very disgusting” the deputy notes in his report, with fast food bags, trash, two dirty diapers on the floor with feces, one empty dirty baby bottle, one empty sippy cup, a small refrigerator with an empty half gallon of milk, two empty alcohol bottles and a half full whiskey bottle found on the bed. The only food located in the motel room were M&Ms and a small amount of pretzels. Photos were taken of the boy and of the condition of the room.
The boy was found to be wearing a wet, dirty diaper. The boy picked up his sippy cup and held it to the officer, saying “wawa.” The officer took the cup from the boy, found it empty and filled it with water and gave it to the boy who immediately drank the entire cup. It was refilled and given to the boy who again drank the water.
The reporting witness offered the boy a cookie and a teddy bear and was visibly upset and began crying. Deputies told the woman she did a very good thing by reporting the incident. Child Protective Services took custody of the boy.
Langley was taken to the hospital for medical clearance due to his intoxication. He had a BAC of .34 percent. In the hospital the man allegedly told an officer he should have killed his son, and then turned an looked away from the arresting officer.
