( CNN ) -- A Kentucky man high on marijuana and drunk on whiskey put his 5-week-old son in the oven Sunday and left him there overnight , police said . The oven door was slightly ajar , and the oven was not turned on . After smoking marijuana at the restaurant where he works as a cook , Larry Long , 33 , returned home to share a fifth of whiskey with the baby 's mother , Brandy Hatton , McCracken County Sheriff Jon Hayden said in a statement . Hatton had four or five shots and went to bed while Long finished the bottle , Hayden said . At 5:30 the next morning , Hatton awoke to the sound of the baby 's cries coming from the oven . He had been in it for several hours , police said . Emergency crews responding to the scene transported the infant to a local hospital , where he was found to be unharmed . The incident was reported to authorities by a psychiatric facility that Long turned to when he learned what he had done , officials said . `` He actually called a mental health crisis line immediately thereafter and told them that he had done this . And they contacted us , '' Hayden said . Police arrested Long and charged him with first degree wanton endangerment . He is being held on bail of $ 10,000 . Long blamed his actions on the marijuana , which he believes was laced with a hallucinatory agent , officials said . Authorities have removed the baby from its mother 's care and awarded emergency custody to members of her family .
Baby 's mother awoke to sounds of 5-week - old 's cries coming from oven . Larry Long smoked marijuana at work , drank whiskey at home night before , police said . Psychiatric staff alerted authorities after Long , 33 , contacted mental health hot line . Ambulance crews transported infant to hospital , where he was found to be unharmed .