Man with child in parked car nabbed on drug rap after police find him nodding off

Christopher Dube (Maine State Police photo)

LEBANON, Maine - A Rochester, N.H., man was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after he was found overdosing in his vehicle on Route 202 in Lebanon on Tuesday, State Police say.

The incident unfolded around 850 a.m. when Maine State Troopers out of Troop A in Alfred were called to a parking lot on Route 202 in Lebanon for a report of an unresponsive man in a vehicle.

It was also reported that there was a small child in the vehicle. Troopers arrived on scene and found a man that appeared to be suffering from an overdose. As the Trooper was about to administer Narcan, the subject, identified as Christopher Dube, 34, of Rochester woke up.

Troopers located an 18-month-old child in the vehicle with Dube.

Dube was arrested for endangering the welfare of a child and unlawful possession of a schedule drug (heroin/fentanyl). He was transported to the York County Jail where bail was set at $500 cash.

State Police contacted the New Hampshire Department of Children and Youth Services who responded to the scene. The child was later turned over to a family member.