Maine Father Smoked Pot, Played Video Games As Kids Ran Off Naked: Police

LYMAN, ME — A Maine father was arrested last week for child endangerment after smoking marijuana and playing video games while his infant daughters ran off naked and wandered the neighborhood. Christopher Pearehad, 35, of Lyman, was charged with two counts of child endangerment. His daughters, a 2-year-old and 3-year-old, were hospitalized as a precaution. They were not hurt, police said.

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Police said the girls climbed out a window of their mobile home in Lyman on Walker Road Thursday and wandered around for an hour and a half. Pearehad had "no idea" his girls were missing, police said. The mother was not home at the time. The children were relocated with family and the state Department of Health and Human Services was contacted about the case, police said.

Pearehad was charged with a similar crime in 2012 in Sanford with another child, police said.

Photo: Christopher Pearehad. (Credit: Maine State Police)