BEER-SWILLING, SMOKING A NO-NO FOR 3-YEAR-OLD.(MAIN)

Byline: -- Associated Press

WINCHESTER, Ind. -- After a 3-year-old boy in his underwear was seen ``holding a can of beer and smoking a cigarette,'' the man taking care of him was charged with neglect.

The child was removed from the house after he told a county welfare worker: ``Yeah, man. Smokin' ... cigarettes is cool, man.'' The boy also said he'd consumed up to three beers at a time.

Wayne Hamilton, 41, was charged with felony neglect of a dependent, which carries a possible three-year maximum sentence. The child, his …