SALEM, Ore. - Marion County Sheriff's deputies, acting on a tip from a local resident, found two small children asleep in a vehicle on a Salem street early Tuesday with no adults nearby.
Police said the father of the boys, identified as 33-year-old Blaine Danley of Salem, was located a block from the car shortly before 8 a.m., seven hours after the boys were discovered.
He was reportedly found asleep, disheveled and partially undressed in a vehicle parked inside the garage of a homeowner. The homeowner, Sean Hammack, along with his wife, found Danley asleep in the vehicle and alerted authorities, according to deputies.
Danley was arrested on burglary charges and may face additional charges related to the abandonment of the two boys.
The boys' grandmother, Theresa Ford, told authorities that the boys had been in Danley's custody for the past month, according to the Oregonian. The location of their mother is currently unknown.
Danley reportedly also has two other children, ages 4 and 5.
Deputies discovered the two boys, who they think are about 2 and 3 years old, inside a purple 1996 Hyundai Accent with Oregon license plates YVD-804 in the 4900 block of Mink Court Northeast in Salem about 1 a.m. They were taken into protective custody.
Tonja Pardo, who found the boys inside the car after seeing the vehicle in her driveway, said she was horrified at the thought that the boys were just abandoned at her home.
After an inspection, one boy was found to have apparently been treated with medical staples for an injury to his scalp.
On Tuesday, police were trying to contact the boys' mother, 26-year-old Summer Clyborne.
