GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Six children were removed from a home near Norcross that Gwinnett County police say was unsanitary, and both parents are charged.
Officers went to a house on Sweet Pine Drive on Sept. 1 after a caller reported the conditions inside. Carlos Calixto Crispin and Wicapi Rose Eder each face a misdemeanor charge of reckless conduct.
The children range in age from 1 to 8, police confirmed to Channel 2 Gwinnett County Bureau Chief Matt Johnson.
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An arrest warrant for Eder describes rotting food, used diapers and trash in the common areas and the bedrooms. It says the toilets did not work and were filled with feces and trash. Cockroaches, flies and gnats were throughout the house, according to the warrant.
“There was trash located around the home, bugs, flies, things of that nature,” said Brock Marks, a Gwinnett County police spokesman.
The warrant covers a period beginning April 13. Marks said officers had been to the address before and documented similar conditions.
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The warrant also says the two oldest children could not give their names, birth dates or their school. The family got rid of its car seats because the children never leave home, it says.
Officers called in the state Division of Family and Children Services, which assessed the home and took the children.
“Children, in essence, are innocent,” Marks said. “They have certain things that are required to be provided for children because they can’t provide them for themselves.”
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