"I've never seen one like this before where the children are literally housed in cages and then just let out for daily interactions," Assistant Red Wing Police Chief Nick Sather said.
Charges allege that the couple routinely held their young children in locked cages between 13 and 14 hours a day, beat them with a belt, and withheld food and access to a bathroom.
A couple in Red Wing each faces 16 criminal counts for allegedly keeping their kids in cages, hitting them with belts and depriving them of food and bathrooms.
Charges allege that the couple routinely held their young children in locked cages between 13 and 14 hours a day, beat them with a belt, and withheld food and access to a bathroom.