LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga. — Four people have been arrested after a child was reported to have run away but was later found restrained inside a Lumpkin County home.
The Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office said they were following up on the runaway investigation on Dec. 23, when it took them to a home along Iberian Road.
When they got to the home, they found the 5-year-old boy who was reported missing “being restrained … in a manner not permitted under Georgia law.”
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Deputies ended up arresting four people from the home “due to their knowledge of the conditions under which the child was being restrained.”
Pedro Banuelos Herrera, 45, Marisol Pena-Acosta, 41, Pilar Herrera Hernandez, 71, and Juventino Banuelos, 20, were all arrested in this case.
Charges for the four include cruelty to children.
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