Hearing set for Tulsa dad accused of child neglect

TULSA, Okla. —

A Tulsa man charged with child neglect after police found his 22-month-old daughter locked in a metal dog cage is due in district court.

The father is scheduled to appear early Thursday at a hearing where prosecutors are asking a judge to revoke his 2-year suspended sentence on drug charges.

The Associated Press is not naming the father to protect the identity of the toddler.

The father was sentenced in August 2012 — about three months before police found the girl locked in the crate and another child wandering around naked outside.

Court records allege the father admitted to taking a cocktail of powerful narcotics, muscle relaxers and drinking beer on the day the children were found.

He has pleaded not guilty to the felony child neglect charge.

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