{"id":5184,"date":"2022-03-30T22:07:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T22:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/CBMia2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm1pZGRsZXRvd25wcmVzcy5jb20vbmV3cy9hcnRpY2xlL1Job2RlLUlzbGFuZC1mdWdpdGl2ZXMtYWNjdXNlZC1vZi1rZWVwaW5nLWtpZHMtaW4tMTcwMzg5MzgucGhw0gEA"},"modified":"2022-03-30T22:07:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T22:07:30","slug":"kids-kept-in-unlivable-conditions-while-fugitive-parents-were-hiding-out-in-ct-documents-show-middletown-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=5184","title":{"rendered":"Kids kept in ‘unlivable conditions’ while fugitive parents were hiding out in CT, documents show – Middletown Press"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WATERBURY \u2014 A Rhode Island couple accused of keeping their two young children in \u201csqualor\u201d while they were on the run from authorities have been charged with child abuse offenses in Connecticut.<\/p>\n

Jesueily Sanchez, 25, and Tyshaun Peete, 28, were arrested in Waterbury this week by local police and members of the U.S. Marshals\u2019 Rhode Island and Connecticut Violent Fugitive Task Force.<\/p>\n

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Authorities learned they were staying at a third-floor apartment in Waterbury, according to incident reports from their arrests obtained Wednesday by Hearst Connecticut Media Group. Law enforcement used a battering ram to break open the apartment door after Sanchez refused to identify herself or open the door, the report stated.<\/p>\n

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Authorities said the apartment was in \u201cunlivable conditions, with numerous open containers that appeared to be filled with urine, rotting garbage strewn about the kitchen, piles of dirty dishes, piles of clothing, a single air mattress, no crib or children’s bed,\u201d one officer wrote in the report. Investigators also found \u201ca room with two dogs with the floor covered in feces,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n

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In the kitchen, the stove \u201cwas covered in dirty pans and what appeared to be old food,\u201d the officer wrote in the report.<\/p>\n

Another detective wrote that \u201ca smell of urine took over the whole house\u201d and that Sanchez and both the children were naked, the report stated.<\/p>\n

The report did not indicate the ages of the children, but U.S. Marshals described them as toddlers.<\/p>\n

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According to the report, one of the children had never been seen by a doctor. Both were evaluated by health care workers for signs of abuse, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Connecticut court records show Waterbury police charged Sanchez with two felony counts of risk of injury to a child and two counts of negligent cruelty to a child, a misdemeanor offense. Peete was charged with a single count each of risk of injury to a child and negligent cruelty to a child. Sanchez is being held at the York Correctional Institution in Niantic, while Peete is being held in the New Haven Correctional Center, records show.<\/p>\n

The children were placed in the custody of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families, officials said.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Rhode Island office said it was unclear if they were renting the apartment or if someone else was allowing them to stay there. No other adults were found in the apartment.<\/p>\n

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