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SWEETWATER, Tenn. – A man from east Tennessee has been arrested after police said he gave his 15-year-old son alcohol as a punishment.

WKRN News 2 reports that Mark Allen Hughes caught his on drinking, and wanted to teach him a lesson by forcing him to drink more.

The teen was found unresponsive on the floor with no pulse and was flown to UT Children’s Hospital where he was placed on a ventilator.

He has now fully recovered and is in the custody of his grandmother.

Hughes has been charged with aggravated child abuse and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.