BigJimSlade Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/12/caged.children/index.html This is just wrong. Putting children in cages and think it's ok. I hope they loose custody and get jail time. Let's see if they like cages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maplecookie Veteran Posted September 13, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 13, 2005 WAKEMAN, Ohio - Sheriff?s deputies found 11 children locked in cages less than 3? 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. A children?s services investigator saw one of the children in a cage Friday, Sommers said. The sheriff?s office obtained a warrant and returned to the house that evening and removed the children. The Gravelles do not have a listed telephone number. A woman who identified herself as Sharen Gravelle?s mother but would not give her name said the children were happy in their new home. ?This year they have played and had fun and laughed like no other children have, which they have never been able to do,? she said. At a hearing, the judge placed the children in the custody of the Department of Job and Family Services, and officials placed them in four foster homes, said county Juvenile Court Administrator Chris Mushett. Appearing with a lawyer at the hearing, the Gravelles denied they had abused or neglected the children. County Prosecutor Russell Leffler said the Gravelles claimed a psychiatrist recommended they place the children in cages. The couple were reserved when deputies arrived at the house to remove the children, Sommers said. ?The impression that we got was that they felt it was OK,? he said. Investigators believe nine of the children slept in the cages that were stacked two-high on the house?s second story. Two mattresses on a bedroom floor also showed signs of recent use, Sommers said. One of the boys said he?d slept in the cage for three years, Sommers said. Wakeman, with a population of about 1,000, is some 50 miles west of Cleveland. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9319446/ I hate hate hate parents who abuse their children. No health problem on earth (like they have claimed in some stories) requires caging your children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrCheese Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Thats pretty messed up.... People like that need to be shot. Why wasn't the government checking in on the kids now and then - Being foster kids and all, Not to mention the fact they wouldn't have been on any school register should have sent alarm bells ringing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsnslaine Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 sick, they should be licked up for life :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcdShdw Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 WTF!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samg Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 sick, they should be licked up for life :angry: 586518230[/snapback] licked up for life? that some kind of kinky punishment. but seriously, thats just wrong and people just get away with it. People like this should be locked up or worse. Dont give them the pleasures of a prison with tv and free gym membership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unksi Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 ?The impression that we got was that they felt it was OK,? he said. Where is this world going.:no::no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 that is sad.. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipppetto Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Sentence them for life = pay for their food, shelter, custody etc. Better shoot them; just the price of a bullet vs. a worthless beast. Pipppetto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starcom826 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I'm pretty positive there is no chance they will retain custody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastique Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 ah....the peple we let be foster parents.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombolcha Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 :no: i thought this would have come from china.. but wow.. like Plastique said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdb815 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 ^ Haha, I'm with you on that. :laugh: WTF, the psychiatrist told them to do it? :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mx Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 3 years :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powa Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I'm all for Parental discpline! Keep those kids in line. But yeah, I feel sorry for them. No kid should locked up like that, unless they are into that ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamz Veteran Posted September 13, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 13, 2005 threads merged this is tragic news. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thagame Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 i hate kids so i find that funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chronopoulos Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 thagame you need some lessons in basic humanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtreme $niper Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 I'm pretty surprised there was not even a single charge laid to the parents... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qarth Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 WOOO I got out just in time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Behelit Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 This is brutal :/ I can only hope that the wheels of karma are spinning against the parents (read: monsters). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Very sad and dimented people, especially when they considered it normal. Although I have three children and there are days I'm tempted (sarcasm). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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