Nevada mother and father arrested after 11-year-old present in makeshift “jail cell” put in years in the past

A Nevada couple was arrested after police had been referred to as to their residence and located their 11-year-old youngster “being contained inside a big steel enclosure,” authorties mentioned Wednesday. 

Misty Scanlan, 46, and Jeffery Scanlan,41, had been taken into custody and every booked on one rely of kid abuse and neglect, the Henderson Police Deaprtment mentioned in an announcement. The arrest got here after police arrived on the Scanlan residence round 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday to answer a truancy report from the college district. The varsity officer had arrived on the residence after a baby had been lacking from faculty  and will hear screams coming from the home, CBS affiliate KLAS-TV reported. The truant officer requested backup assist from the police. 

It took the daddy 40 minutes to open the door for police after they arrived, KLAS reported, and as soon as inside, the officers discovered an 11-year-old boy in a big enclosure with steel bars and locked doorways,”just like a jail cell,” in keeping with the report. 

The boy, who was sporting a diaper and had feces smeared all through the enclosure had “extreme Autism spectrum dysfunction,” the daddy instructed police, and the cage was allegedly used to manage his outbursts. There have been three different youngsters within the residence on the time. One of many youngsters instructed police the enclosure had been in the home for 2 years, KLAS reported, however the father mentioned it had been there for six years. 

Barely any furnishings was within the residence and feces was smeared on the partitions in different bedrooms police mentioned of their report, KLAS reported. The mom instructed police she tried to scrub the bedrooms and cage each week however it had been some time. 

Youngster protecting companies took the three different youngsters into custody. The 11-year-old was despatched to the hospital, KLAS reported. 

After the Scanlans had been booked into Henderson County Detention Heart, each had been launched on a $5,000 bond the following day in keeping with on-line courtroom information. They’re scheduled to look in courtroom in Could.