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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Two Henderson mother and father pleaded responsible to little one neglect Wednesday morning after an 11-year-old little one identified with autism was present in a makeshift ‘jail cell’ after being absent from college in April 2024.
Jeffery Scanlan and Misty Scanlan each pleaded responsible to at least one rely of kid neglect or endangerment, a gross misdemeanor, in courtroom Wednesday morning.
Photographs of Jeffrey Scanlan (LEFT) and Misty Scanlan (RIGHT) offered by the Henderson Police Division
On April 23, officers with the Metropolis of Henderson Police Division and the Clark County Faculty District Police Division did a welfare test at a house close to Wigwam and North Inexperienced Valley parkways after a truancy, or absence from college, challenge involving a scholar.
ORIGINAL STORY: Henderson mother and father arrested after 11-year-old saved in makeshift ‘jail cell’ for six years
The truancy officer instructed police that after they knocked on the door, nobody answered, however they may hear a baby screaming and a gate rattling inside, in response to an arrest report. Jeffery, who answered the door 40 minutes after police arrived, instructed officers his youngsters had been absent from college as a result of they had been sick.
When police requested Jeffery if they may test on the kids, he agreed and led them inside, the place police discovered an 11-year-old boy in a “large metal enclosure” with steel bars and locked doorways, “similar to a jail cell,” the report said.
The boy was sporting solely a diaper and the enclosure had feces on the flooring and partitions, the report said. Jeffery instructed police that the kid was identified with “severe Autism spectrum disorder.” Three different youngsters had been within the house when police arrived.
Officers stated the home was in “extreme disarray and smelled of feces,” the report said. Whereas looking the house, police discovered two bedrooms with little or no furnishings and feces on the partitions, ceilings, and flooring. Each bedrooms had exterior locks with no solution to open from the within, in response to the report.
Jeffery instructed police that the kid within the enclosure was “big and strong” and might be very aggressive, destroying the home, punching holes within the wall, and trying to flee to neighbors’ homes. He stated the kid “prefers” the enclosure to his bed room and can sleep in it on a sofa.
When requested if the kid would have the ability to exit in an emergency, Jeffery stated somebody must let him out. Jeffery instructed police the enclosure had been within the house for six years.
The sentencing for each Scanlans was scheduled for March 12 at 9:30 a.m. The utmost sentence a decide may challenge is 364 days within the Clark County Detention Middle. Probation can be a chance.
The 2 stay out of custody as of Jan. 8.
