A Des Plaines man was arrested Wednesday night after authorities discovered a 5-year-old boy had been left home alone, police said.

Edary Mendez-Funez, 28, of the 1500 block of Willow Avenue, is charged with endangering the life or health of a child, a misdemeanor.

The Illinois Department of Children & Family Services and Des Plaines police were contacted about the unattended child, according to a police news release.

The boy wasn’t injured.

Mendez-Funez reportedly had left the child alone because of work obligations and the cost of child care, police said.

Mendez-Funez was taken to the police station, processed and released.

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