Child In Cage: Pennsylvania Police Find Young Boy; Siblings Found Alone

POTTSVILLE, PA – A 22-month-old boy was found locked inside a makeshift wooden cage while his day-old sister and 1-year-old brother were found alone in the same house, police say. According to the Associated Press, troopers acting on a tip arrived at the North Manheim Township home of 37-year-old Cecil Kutz on Wednesday afternoon. He was arrested and remained jailed Thursday on child endangerment charges.

Police found a 1-year-old boy in a playpen, a 1-day-old girl in a baby seat and the toddler inside a makeshift cage made of plywood and wooden lattice, locked from the outside, according to the Associated Press. (For more information on this story and more national news, subscribe to the Across America Patch.)

The children’s mother is hospitalized with complications from the youngest child’s birth, the Associated Press says. The children were placed in county custody.

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