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WILKES-BARRE &#8212; City police on Wednesday arrested a man they alleged abandoned a 2 1/2-year-old boy he was babysitting inside his Hazle Avenue apartment that was condemned in April.Junior A. Diaz-Reyes, 28, was arraigned on charges of endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment. He was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $10,000 bail.Police said a postal carrier alerted authorities about a child crying inside 336 Hazle Ave. on April 10.The child was taken into protective custody by Luzerne County Children and Youth Services and evaluated at Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.Police said in the criminal complaint the child&#8217;s temperature was two degrees below normal and had a rash around his eyes.According to the complaint:Police found the toddler crying and looking out a window.An officer entered the apartment through an unlocked door and noticed the toddler had a wet diaper and no adults inside the residence.The complaint says the apartment was filled with clutter and garbage. No food was found in the refrigerator and an electric space heater on the floor was &#8220;red hot.&#8221;Three names were found on mail scattered in the apartment.A neighbor told police several men and a woman reside in the apartment and often left the toddler unsupervised.Police located the toddler&#8217;s mother, who claimed she left her son in the care of her brother, Diaz-Reyes, while she was at work, the complaint says.Diaz-Reyes allegedly told police he woke up and went to a store claiming he was away from the apartment for 10 minutes. He claimed he called 911 when he noticed the toddler missing.Police allege in the complaint no adult arrived at the apartment for two hours after the toddler was found unsupervised, and the first 911 call about the missing toddler was made by an anonymous caller at 3:34 p.m., about six hours after police found the toddler in the window.<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Ed Lewiselewis@www.timesleader.com</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Ed Lewis at 570-991-6116 or on Twitter @TLEdLewis.</shirttailMeta></div>

Babysitter charged with abandoning toddler in Wilkes-Barre apartment