Parents accused of locking boy in laundry room arrested
Albany, Georgia (Albany Herald) — A Dougherty County couple arrested this week in a child-abuse case are accused of holding a 12-year-old boy in what police described as “inhumane” conditions and could face additional charges.
Gwendolyn Warren and Gary Thomas Warren were each charged Wednesday with one count of false imprisonment and cruelty to children in the first degree.
The 12-year-old apparently had been locked inside a laundry room and held for long periods of time, the Dougherty County Police Department said.
Officers began the investigation as a missing juvenile case involving the boy. They discovered there were four other children living in the residence.