Mom charged with keeping toddler in cage
BUFFALO, New York (WJW) – A woman in New York is accused of keeping her 2-year-old boy in a makeshift cage.
The arrest was announced last week.
Naesha Lumpkin, 24, faces charges of child endangerment.
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According to a press release, while investigators were serving a warrant in a previous crime in February, law enforcement saw the child in the cage.
The makeshift cage was a play pen that was covered and tied shut, not allowing the child to stand or exit the play pen, the press release states.
“The cage and 2-year-old were covered in human fecal matter. There was fecal matter on the walls. The child and bedding were soaked in urine and fecal matter,” the press release states.
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The child was taken to the hospital.
According to a press release, in addition to bruising on his face and body, the child had two fractured ribs in the healing stage, meaning the fractures had likely occurred within the last two weeks.
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