Ten children rescued from 'horrible living conditions' in California, parents arrested, cops announce
By Nicole Darrah | Fox News
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Ten children believed to be violently abused and living in "horrible" conditions were removed from a home in Fairfield, California, and their parents were arrested, police announced Monday.
Garbage, rotten food, and animal and human feces were found strewn throughout the house, Lt. Greg Hurlbut said at a news conference Monday.
He added that the children described in interviews various incidents of "intentional abuse." They suffered puncture wounds, burns and bruises consistent with getting shot with a pellet or BB gun, according to the department.
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The children's removal was sparked after a 12-year-old child was reported missing in the area on March 31, the Fairfield Police Department said in a news release. The child ultimately was found and returned home.
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The bathroom is strewn with feces at a home in Fairfield, Calif., Monday, May 14, 2018, where authorities
removed 10 children and charged their father with torture and their mother with neglect after an investigation
revealed a lengthy period of severe physical and emotional abuse.
While at the home, police said they conducted a health and safety search and discovered nine other children — ranging in age from four months to 11 years old — "living in squalor and unsafe conditions."
The 10 children were removed from the home on March 31.
The mother, identified by police as Ina Rogers, 30, was arrested and charged with child neglect. She was released after posting $10,000 bail on April 9.
She told reporters outside her home on Monday that she felt she was being judged for having so many children, and for choosing to home-school them.
"There's no broken bones, there is no major scars, nothing," Rogers said. "My kids get bumped and bruised and scratched because they're kids but that's it."
Rogers, who gave reporters a tour of her four-bedroom home, noted all of the children slept in one room because they wanted to do so, and claimed the house was messy the day her kids were removed because she was looking for her missing 12-year-old son.
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Toys and other items are strewn around one of the bedrooms of a home in Fairfield, California. Ten children
were removed from the home in March.
Both Rogers and her husband, 29-year-old Jonathan Allen, came from broken homes, the mother said, adding that the couple wanted a large family.
The mother added she was surprised Allen was facing felony torture and abuse charges because he was not the disciplinarian of the family.
An arrest warrant was issued for Allen and he was arrested Friday and booked on nine counts of felony torture and six counts of felony child abuse. He was arraigned Monday and is being held at the Solano County Jail in lieu of $1.5 million bail.
Sharon Henry, Chief Deputy of the Solano County District Attorney's Office, said the children told investigators the abuse dated back to 2014.
Allen's mother, Peggy Allen, told The Associated Press she's estranged from her son, but that the situation is "embarrassing," because she didn't raise him this way and cited her family's Christian faith. She also said she had spoken to Allen about the importance of keeping his home clean.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Ten children removed from filthy California home were waterboarded, hit with crossbows and BBs, prosecutors say
By Elizabeth Zwirz | Fox News
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Ina Rogers, center, appeared in Solano County Superior Court in Fairfield, California, on Wednesday to face multiple charges of felony child abuse.
Ten children removed from a filthy California home in late March were waterboarded and hit with crossbows, among other violent acts, Solano County prosecutors said Wednesday.
The allegations were part of an attempt by prosecutors to have the bail of the children's mother, Ina Rogers, increased after she was charged with nine counts of felony child abuse.
Her husband, Jonathan Allen, was arrested Friday and booked on nine counts of felony torture and six counts of felony child abuse.
In the filed report, Deputy District Attorney Veronica Juarez said Rogers assisted in the abuse of her children and persuaded them not to say anything as a means to protect Allen.
Fairfield Police previously said they removed the 10 children from the West Coast home on March 31 after responding to a report of a missing 12-year-old. When they brought the child home, officers searched the residence "due to concerns for the safety and health of the child and the child's siblings."
Inside, officers found nine other kids, whose ages ranged from 4 months to 11 years old, "living in squalor and unsafe conditions," police said.
Garbage, rotten food, animal, and human feces were scattered throughout the home, Lt. Greg Hurlbut said on Monday.
He said the children told authorities of incidents of "intentional abuse," and according to the department, they had puncture wounds, burns and bruises consistent with getting shot with a pellet or BB gun.
After the kids were removed, authorities said they subsequently arrested and booked Rogers into jail for child neglect. She was released after posting $10,000 bail on April 9.
An investigation "revealed a long and continuous history of severe physical and emotional abuse of the children," authorities said.
Rogers didn't enter a plea when she appeared in court on Wednesday and the judge set her bond at $495,000, saying that she continued to pose a danger to her children.
Both Rogers and Allen have denied the accusations against them.
Fox News' Nicole Darrah and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
