Nebraska mom appears in court for keeping children in dog cage

2011-10-28 16:18:25 GMT+7 (ICT)

NEBRASKA (BNO NEWS) -- A total of four suspects who are accused of keeping several children in a cage in a dirty trailer home in Nebraska appeared in court on Thursday, CNN reported.

The suspects, which includes the mother of the children, were arrested on Monday after police received an anonymous tip which led to a welfare check on the residence in North Platte, a city in Lincoln County. Four children were found living in squalor, with two allegedly housed in a wire animal kennel, police said.

Police Lieutenant Rich Hoaglund said in a statement that two young children, ages 5 and 3, were found in the metal kennel which was secured by a wire tie and reportedly had a mattress inside. Two other children, ages 8 years and 8 months, were not in the kennel but were considered to be in unsafe conditions, he added.

According to the report, the four adults - the mother and her three roommates - were all aware of the conditions. They were charged with felony child abuse, first-degree false imprisonment and misdemeanor child abuse, CNN reported.

The children were placed in state custody while the suspects remain in jail on $50,000 bond each.

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I hope they put the adults in a really really small cell and don't let them out for a month at a time, and then only for 10 minutes. 10 years of that should suffice.