A 34-year-old father in West Virginia has been arrested for allegedly leaving his 8-year-old son alone and unsupervised in his garage without food, water, or a bathroom for an entire week while he took a trip to Florida.

Juan Jose Benitez-Chacon, also known as Jose Juan Benitez Chacon, was taken into custody on Monday and charged with one count of gross neglect of a child creating a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury, court records reviewed by Law&Crime show.

A deputy with the Harrison County Sheriff's Office responded to Benitez-Chacon's home on Aug. 15 after receiving a tip that the boy had been living alone in the garage, Clarksburg, West Virginia, NBC affiliate WBOY reported . Upon arriving at the address, the deputy said he located the boy inside a "small garage" on

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