BROKEN ARROW, Okla.) May 16 - Two
parents are in jail after Broken Arrow police say they allowed their
three children to live in filth and ***. A
police spokesman tells FOX23 News someone anonymously called DHS to
report the conditions and then they called Broken Arrow police. Reports explain in detail what police found once they went inside the home. It
was in the trailer home on Tuesday night that police found children
ages six, eight and nine, living with their parents in what police said
were, "unhealthy conditions." "There
was animal *** throughout the yard and throughout the house", said
Captain Paul Kroutter. “Trash, flies, odor of ammonia from urine." Police reports show six dogs and five cats lived inside the home and looked malnourished. Police
reports also claim in the backroom of the home, "dog *** was
approximately 10 to 12 inches high, stacked on top of numerous articles
of clothing."
"It is unacceptable, there's no
reason for that. With that many animals what can you do?" Elizabeth
Brown says she knows the parents and never imagined the family would
live in those conditions. “That's what’s so scary, is you don't always
know what's going on."
Brown says the kids would play in the yard and to her, they always looked happy.
For now police officers say all three children are living with their grandmother.
FOX23
News did speak to the great-grandfather of the children. He did not
want to speak on camera, but he did say if he had not gone into the
home himself, he never would have believed what police said.
Both
the mother and father are facing felony charges of animal cruelty and
child neglect, which is punishable by up to ten years in prison and
$10,000 in fines.
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