Five people have been arrested after a 2-year-old was found naked and locked in a cage in a Kentucky home littered with feces, police say.
The Carrollton Police Department responded to a home in the 700 block of 7th street following a tip on Monday regarding a child possibly being held in a caged area, according to a news release.
Upon arrival, detectives found “a male child, unclothed and under the age of 3 that was locked behind a wooden and metal enclosure that was secured with a padlock.”
A search warrant was executed on the property and two children were removed from the home by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
Brenda Chilton, 71, William Mahoney, 72, Codey Johnson, 29, and Tammy Simmons, 52, all of Carrollton, were arrested and charged with first-degree criminal abuse and first-degree wanton endangerment.
Shelby Turocy, 28, of Ghent was also arrested and charged with first-degree criminal abuse, first-degree wanton endangerment, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana.
All were booked into the Carroll County Detention Center. It’s not immediately clear if the arrested have retained lawyers.
Officials did not disclose the relationship between the children and those arrested. NBC News has reached out to police for more details.
Carrollton Police Det. Dave Roberts told local news station WDRB that the tip that led to the discovery of the child came from a delivery driver. Once officers got inside, they discovered a filthy scene.
“A child was behind there, completely unclothed,” Roberts told WDRB. “There was feces, and then you’re in that contained area.”
The station also reported that eight to 10 dogs were also found in the home in poor health, several of them caged.