PATRICK, Nev. -- An Oregon man is in custody after allegedly leaving his 2-year-old daughter in a car in 95-degree heat in the parking lot of a brothel east of Reno.

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Police said the car was parked outside the Mustang Ranch, in sweltering heat, with the girl inside.

The Storey County sheriff's office said Lucien Hoffman of Bend, Ore., was being held in the country jail in lieu of $40,000 bail on charges of child neglect.

Hoffman told deputies he was attending a function at the Mustang Ranch brothel off Interstate 80, 15 miles east of Reno.

A brothel security guard found the child crying inside the car on Saturday and took her indoors until authorities arrived.

The toddler was treated for dehydration and released to the Nevada Division of Child and Family Services.