Tampa couple arrested after handcuffing and locking young boy in closet for 16 hours a day
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
and last updated 2021-01-25 12:42:40-05
A Tampa couple was arrested after they admitted to locking a young boy in a closet for hours at a time, HCSO deputies say.
Sunday morning just before 6 a.m., deputies were called to a Tampa home for reports of a missing child. Once at the home deputies located the boy who had been hiding in the home, deputies say.
A short time later, deputies returned to the scene to conduct an investigation into potential child abuse. The boy told deputies he has been handcuffed and forced to stand in a closet as a punishment. The boy said this "punishment" has been happening every day for about 16 hours a day for the past few weeks.