Monsters in Ohio
Wonder if someone will try and blame this on the President?
Eleven kids found in cages in home
Couple denies abusing or neglecting children
Category : News | Tags :WAKEMAN, Ohio – Sheriff’s deputies found 11 children locked in cages less than 3½ feet high inside a home, but a couple denied they had abused or neglected the children.
A judge on Monday put the children — who range in age from 1 to 14 and who have various disabilities, including autism — in foster homes.
The children were found in nine cages built into the walls of the house near this small city in northern Ohio, according to the Huron County Sheriff’s Office. They had no blankets or pillows, and the cages were rigged with alarms that sounded if opened, Lt. Randy Sommers said.
The children told authorities they slept in the cages — 40 inches high and 40 inches deep — at night. Doors to some of the cages were blocked with heavy furniture.
Sharen and Mike Gravelle are adoptive or foster parents for all 11 children, officials said. Prosecutors were reviewing the case, but no charges had been filed as of Monday night.
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1Dr. Phat Tony
wrote on 13 September 2005 at 16:13
It looks as though the Foster parents might have found their own cages.
2The Gray Tie
wrote on 13 September 2005 at 19:25
Good God!
3chrys
wrote on 14 September 2005 at 0:16
Coming from Northeast Ohio (the Democrat stronghold – rest of the state seems Republican) – nothing could be a shock. Hey – that Dohmers guy (spell?) came from northeast Ohio too! Then there were some presidents also. Just last month they found an abnormal rate of un-wed mothers living in Canton, OH – another Northeast Ohio Democrat segment! Hmmm – the whole Norheast Ohio area could really be something special – they’ve chased everyone who EARNS money away! After living in the D.C. area for nearly 20 years – some how my LA husband of 30 years, upon retiring after 22 years in the Army, decided to move here – - – - H E L P!!
4Merri
wrote on 15 September 2005 at 0:10
I found this story, unbelievable, yet not surprising at the same time. It seems as though these stories of abuse and neglect are becoming far too frequent. And for the foster “parents” to think this was okay? What, did they learn this when they were being educated on foster parenting? They need a serious whack upside the head (well, more than that really).