Police: Arkansas infant given bourbon had .19 BAC

UNION COUNTY, Ark. — An Arkansas mother has been charged with child endangerment after she gave her 10-month-old son bourbon in a bottle.

KATV-TV reports that family members found the child unresponsive. He was flown to Arkansas Children's Hospital with a blood alcohol content of .19 percent.

Twenty-eight-year-old Lori Sheppard told police she was trying to relieve her teething infant's pain. Sheppard said she had already given him infant Tylenol and Motrin when her mother suggested she rub alcohol on his gums.

The boy and his two siblings are now in the custody of the Department of Human Services.