From the ArcaMax Publishing, News & Features Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/newsheadlines/s-575324-525267
SEALY, Texas (UPI) -- A Houston-area couple who operated a home
daycare center have been charged with locking several children in a
shed to try to hide them from investigators.
Freddie and Marietta Patek, both 65, were arrested after the
inspection Wednesday, the Houston Chronicle reported Friday. The
inspection was triggered by an anonymous tip the couple had too many
children in the home in Sealy.
Gwen Carter, a spokeswoman for Texas Child Protective Services, said
the investigators found 14 children ranging in age from babies to
about 10 years. The Pateks were supposed to be caring for no more than
three.
None of the children suffered any injuries. But those in the shed were
shut in with insecticide and gasoline, Carter said.
"It's really, really frightening about what could have happened," she
said.
Josh Romo, whose 2-year-old daughter was one of those found in the
shed, said he used to wonder why his daughter sometimes rebelled at
going to daycare.
"Now we know," he said.