MANCHESTER, N.H. (WHDH) – A Manchester couple is dealing with a number of counts of kid endangerment after officers found 5 kids dwelling in what police thought of “deplorable” circumstances.
Steven Legault, 36, and Candace Krauklin, 35, have been arrested on Thursday, Jan. 26, almost three weeks after police first found and eliminated the youngsters from their residence.
Officers have been initially known as to the Lake Avenue tackle the morning of Jan. 7, after a Division of Public Works worker reported seeing a younger boy on the dwelling, yelling from a window that he “couldn’t get out.”
Police who arrived on the scene quickly heard the boy yelling and noticed him in a sunroom “with bars on the window,” in accordance with a press launch from the Manchester Police Division.
Knocking on the door, officers famous that they may “instantly scent a robust odor coming from inside.”
The door was then answered by a person later recognized as Steven Legault, who proceeded to step outdoors and was purportedly hesitant to let the officers in when knowledgeable they wanted to carry out a well-being test on the kid.
In keeping with the division, Legault finally agreed to let the officers in. As soon as inside, although, officers discovered the house’s circumstances to be “deplorable.”
“The odor of urine and feces was very robust, animal waste was on the ground, and trash was all through the home,” the division launch acknowledged. “There was a gate in entrance of the sunroom door and the door was shut. When Legault opened it officers noticed a moist, discolored mattress and feces on the ground.”
Along with the boy within the sunroom, officers discovered 4 different kids have been within the dwelling. All 5 have been beneath the age of 14 and have been faraway from the premises because of the dwelling circumstances.
An investigation adopted the Jan. 7 incident, which led to police issuing warrants for each Legault and Candace Krauklin.
Manchester PD introduced on Thursday, Jan. 27, that the 2 have been arrested and charged with felony Prison Restraint, in addition to 5 counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Youngster. Moreover, officers stated Krauklin additionally confronted a felony cost of Witness Tampering.
Each have been arraigned in Hillsborough Superior Court docket North on Friday, Jan. 27, the place they pleaded not responsible.
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