Deputies are accusing a Taylorsville man of being passed out drunk in the yard in the middle of the night, while a child he was in charge of was crying nearby .

Deputies responded to a report of the child crying in the 9200 block of Tecumseh Street at 1:26 a.m. Saturday and found the man unconscious in the yard. According to police reports, 27-year-old Raul Velazquez-Gonzalez had an odor of alcohol on his breath and tested at .210 percent blood-alcohol level when he was woken.

Child Protective Services were called to take custody of the child and Velazquez-Gonzalez was arrested on preliminary charges of public intoxication and neglect of a dependent.