Bar patrons beat man who left kids in car while he drank

OCALA, Fla. – Police say a Florida man is accused of leaving his three children in a car for hours outside a bar while he got drunk inside.

A police report says an officer found 28-year-old Joshua Delong outside of Dr. B’s bar in Ocala just after 2 a.m. Thursday with a bleeding head.

A security guard told officers that angry bar patrons beat Delong before he was arrested on child endangerment charges.

Witnesses told police that Delong left his children ages 5, 7 and 8 in a gold Cadillac parked outside while he drank at the bar.

Police say the kids were honking the horn and calling for “daddy” and that the bar’s security guard eventually called police.

This story was originally published August 21, 2014 at 12:47 PM with the headline "Bar patrons beat man who left kids in car while he drank."