Wait, so his child snuck off and he is charged with intentionally endangering the child? Wouldn’t it also be child abuse if he kept the kid on a leash so the kid couldn’t ever slip away?
When my youngest son lived in Monroeville, AL, his 8-year-boy and sleep-over buddy snuck out the bedroom window around midnight. The cops found 'em shining flashlights into downtown stores "looking for criminals" and brought 'em back.
Next day, some Child Endangerment came over to check things out, and my boy told him what happened. The guy says "You ABANDONED your child and let him roam about at midnight. We could take your child." My boy almost struck the guy down but instead replied, "I put him to bed IN HIS FRIGGING BEDROOM!". The guy harrumphed and left.
My boy's wife went ape, thinking she would lose the kid. Luckily, she was on good terms with the mayor's wife, told her what happened, and never heard another word. Nevertheless, they bailed from AL in a few months.