He had a stripper pole in his living room, marijuana in an ashtray and liquor bottles in his teenage daughters' room, and the overall effect prompted his arrest on Friday on a charge of child neglect, authorities said.

Anthony Genovese, 41, who lives near Lantana, was taken into custody after Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies were called to his house on Ocala Road, near Lawrence and Lantana roads about 9:40 a.m.