A Nesquehoning man is facing a number of charges after he allegedly endangered the welfare of his 1-year-old son while on drugs and threatened to kill the woman who tried to help the child.

Travis Litts, 29, of 127 W. Catawissa St., apartment/suite 3, was charged on Wednesday by police for an incident that took place in the borough in October. Charges include endangering the welfare of a child, terroristic threats with the intent to terrorize others, simple assault and harassment.According to the affidavit, filed by Nesquehoning police Chief Sean Smith, police were called to the station just after 1 p.m. Oct. 27 from a residentwho lives on East Railroad Street.The resident said she found a 1½-year-old boy in the street near her home and that her next-door neighbor told her she had seen the child before and believed that the boy resided at 68 E. Railroad St.Osborn and the neighbor took the child and walked him back to his home, which Smith noted is the residence of Litts and Katlyn McFarland.When attempting to make contact with parents of the boy, a white male, later identified as Litts, ripped the door open and then slammed it in their faces. The pair left with the child still in their possession and began walking back to their homes to call police when the same male came out of the home and yelled to them.They asked if the child was his son, to which he replied, "yes," and apologized, stating that he had fallen asleep.At that point, the residents noticed that Litts could barely talk or walk and confronted him as he walked away with the child over the fact, asking if he was high.At this point, Litts turned around and came at the two, threatening to hurt or kill them.The resident Smith spoke to said she ran back to her home and called Carbon County Children and Youth Services, but felt she got nowhere and feared for the child's life and called police.Officers did a welfare check of the child at Litts' residence shortly after the phone call, and after making contact, were told that the boy opened the door and got out of the house after he fell asleep for a few minutes, even though the father claimed to not know his son knew how to open doors.Litts also claimed that his neighbors were persistent and harassing him about having needles in his arm and shooting up when they returned the child.Smith said that he and officer Derek Marouchoc determined that Litts was in fact under the influence of a controlled substance.Litts let the officers in to check on the child, and while in the home, he again changed his story, saying this time that he was washing dishes when the boy got out of the home.Litts is awaiting a preliminary arraignment before District Judge Casimir T. Kosciolek, which is scheduled for Feb. 3.