Children without heat, blankets taken from parents
Five children were removed from a home and their parents arrested on child neglect charges after police found the four children living in substandard conditions in a home on Warren Street recently.
The suspects, Lucky and Tammy Adams, are each charged with five counts of child neglect. Mr. Adams is charged with an additional count of domestic assault as a result of a police investigation which came after lawmen arrived at the home to answer a domestic violence call.
According to warrants filed by patrolman Mark Mara, he was dispatched to the family’s Warren Street home where he found Mrs. Adams bleeding from the head. The victim told Mara her husband had accused her of having an affair and struck her. Mara found Mr. Adams hiding in a shed behind the house and took him into custody for domestic assault.
During his visit, Mara said he observed questionable living conditions for the five children. The children ranged in age from 4 months to 8 years.
A further investigation revealed the only heat inside the home was provided by a cook stove and that the children were running around in the cold house in only their underwear.
“The children were sleeping on a mattress on the floor with no sheets or blankets,” Mara said, noting he also found a bucket containing vomit inside the house. “There was also little food.”
Members of Department of Children’s Services were called in to investigate the living conditions and determined the house was inadequate for the children, prompting their removal from the household. Both parents have been charged with one count of child neglect for each child.