Christian Reid

A Cranberry Township man pleaded guilty to child endangerment Monday in Butler County Court, admitting to leaving his 4-year-old daughter home alone without parental supervision.

Christian Reid, 28, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child before county Judge William Shaffer.

The plea agreement calls for a sentence of probation, restitution, fines, costs and community service. He is scheduled for sentencing Nov. 16. Reid was initially charged with the endangerment count, as well as misdemeanor recklessly endangering another person after an incident on Sept. 30, 2014.

The charges were filed by Cranberry Township police after a 911 call at 10:50 p.m. reported that the parents of a small child had left the child home alone while they were at work.

Police responded to the area on Route 19, and when they arrived, they found the mobile home dark without any lights on, according to the affidavit of probable cause

When police knocked on the door, a 4-year-old child answered, and when asked if anyone else was home, became scared and tried to close the door.

Officers entered the home and the child ran into a bedroom that contained a mattress on the floor beside a TV, according to the affidavit. No one else was there at the time.

The document states that the inside of the home smelled of cat urine and feces.

The child was taken to the station and turned over to Butler County Children and Youth Services, the document states.

Reid, who was identified as the child's father, responded to the station with the child's mother. The document states that the child's mother had been working and left the child in Reid's care, who could not give a clear answer as to why she was at the home alone.

Reid was arraigned and released on his own recognizance. Bail was later revoked and set at $2,500, and he was held in Butler County Prison.

After the guilty plea, Shaffer again changed his bail, and he will again be released on his own recognizance.