LAS VEGAS -- A Las Vegas man is accused of leaving his two children in a car while he gambled in a local bar.

Officers arrested Willie Culvert, 35, inside the Club Car Lounge near Rainbow Boulevard and Twain Avenue. They said he had been inside for nearly two hours.

Outside, police said the two children sat in Culvert’s car while daytime temperatures hovered around the mid 90s. The car’s windows were down, the keys were in the ignition and the radio was on.

Neither child suffered any heat-related injury. Culvert was charged with two counts of child endangerment.

Police did not release the ages of Culvert’s two children. Nevada law states that a child 7 years or younger cannot be left alone in a car if the weather conditions present a health risk or if the keys are left in the ignition.

The organization Kids and Cars, which lobbied for the law, reported 62 incidents involving kids left in cars so far this year. Of those incidents, 21 resulted in a child’s death.