A Westmoreland County man is facing charges after detectives said three young children tested positive for cocaine.

Thirty-year-old Josiah Hughes was charged with several counts of endangering the welfare of children after the Westmoreland County District Attorney's Office said the three children, ages 5, 3 and 1, were found living in deplorable conditions and tested positive for cocaine in their systems.

The district attorney's office said the investigation into 30-year-old Josiah Hughes of Arnold began in May as county detectives helped the Children's Bureau and Arnold police with a child endangerment case.

Investigators said authorities had received a ChildLine report saying Hughes had left the three young children alone with no supervision inside their home on Woodmont Avenue in Arn

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