London City Police have arrested a man and charged him with wanton endangerment of two children and drug related charges.
The incident happened Thursday when a police officer was pumping gas at Liberty Gas Station. A witness alerted him to a vehicle parked with two small children and a suspicious male.
According to a press release, the officer walked up to a white Buick and discovered two small children in the back of the vehicle screaming. Inside the vehicle, police say Michael L. Stacy, 32, was in the driver’s seat with an Ace bandage tied around his right arm and a needle loaded with an unknown liquid in his lap.
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The officer called for backup. Once Stacy was taken out of the vehicle, responding officer Sgt Hurley sat and played with the children keeping them calm.
“When we took them out of the vehicle they immediately became calm. I asked the oldest if they liked to color and began coloring with them,” Sgt. Hurley said.
Stacy had a warrant for his arrest. He was also charged with possession of a controlled substance of the second degree, endangering the welfare of a minor, purchasing and possessing drug paraphernalia, and two counts of assault of the fourth degree.
Stacy was lodged in the Laurel County Detention Center. The two children were turned over to social services.
