She said that uh for a minute she was in
there sleeping. Mom left without telling
her
>> arrest.
>> So who was walking back and forth? Him.
>> There's two two kids.
>> Why twins?
>> No.
>> Where's the other?
>> Ma'am, just do me a favor. Go ahead and
grab your ID.
>> He doesn't Why is he
>> Why did he grab my ID?
>> Why is he report on this incident, man?
Why is this not mine?
>> It doesn't matter. You're the adult in
this house. You're responsible for these
children whether your mother told you or
not.
>> Officers received a 911 call from a
neighbor reporting young children
running into the street unattended. As
officers arrived, they found multiple
young children outside without
supervision while the older sister
inside claimed she had been asleep and
insisted the children were not her
responsibility despite being the only
adult present.
>> She didn't tell me nothing.
>> It doesn't matter. You're still the
adult in this house with two kids
running out in the street.
>> I NEED YOUR ID. I need your ID because I
need to write up child. That's what I'm
doing right now.
>> I was not telling that.
>> Doesn't matter. You're the adult in this
house. YOU
>> I SHE DIDN'T TELL ME. I WAS
>> THAT'S NOT HOW THE LAW WORKS.
>> Go ahead and grab YOUR ID.
>> GO AHEAD and grab your ID.
>> Grab my ID because I didn't do that. How
about that?
>> THIS NOT MY KIDS. YOU CAN'T I CANNOT GO
TO JAIL. HOW MUCH?
>> YOU NEED to grab your ID cuz you want to
How can I go to jail?
>> You're an investigation. You have to
grab your ID.
>> How do you want to play it? How do you
want to play this game right now?
>> Like what the [ __ ]
That's crazy. What the [ __ ]
>> Not saying you going to jail. Saying we
writing a report.
>> You're not going to hinder my
investigation, man.
>> Yeah, this messed up.
>> You the mother.
>> We got to have a conversation.
>> This is This is uh this kid right here.
>> LT cat
here.
>> Mr. L something hot or something.
>> Let me see. What's up, baby? Boy, here's
the issue.
>> I'm trying to get him some dry clothes.
>> Then you know what happened?
>> She She doesn't want no parts of this.
>> She almost just got arrested.
>> No, I'm not talking about the
>> We do not people. You did not tell them.
>> Do you know what happened to the child?
WE DIDN'T TELL.
>> WHAT HAPPENED? SHE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED.
I DON'T KNOW. I was not here when that
happened. That's why I'm telling you
>> not to tell her.
Hi.
>> And look like he's like he I need
another diaper for him. It sound like
smells like he
>> I just took him
>> some scars and marks on
>> I don't think this asma
kid has crap.
>> Yeah, he's got one on his leg too.
I bet that uh uh ain't the same thing,
right? There you go. Right here.
>> Yeah, I see him. You
>> see him?
>> Yeah.
>> Huh?
>> Um St. S Craig or St. C.
>> You already know. You already know. I
told you. I know you. You know me, man.
>> Yeah, I know.
>> Death, man.
>> Yeah, I know you. I actually arrested
him.
>> Okay, that's good,
>> gentlemen. You said they got a bullet
hole right there.
>> Yeah. Come on, man. Just got the car
back.
>> All right.
All right, buddy.
>> When officers first spoke with the older
sister, she was defensive from the
start, insisting the children were not
her responsibility and stating she had
been asleep during the incident. She
repeatedly shifted blame to others in
the household.
>> How's everything going?
>> I need to speak with you for a few
minutes if you could step outside.
>> Do you have ID on you?
>> Yes, I have.
>> Okay. Can you go get it for me?
She's on the phone with someone. I don't
know who.
>> Is your mom Angela?
>> Anella.
>> What?
>> Anella.
>> Your mom?
>> It's Anella.
>> Anella.
>> That was your mom that was here with the
kids.
>> Anella.
>> Okay.
>> How do you spell her name?
>> A N E L.
So, all the children live in this house.
Who is the guy that's in the background?
This place at 9327.
>> You don't know?
>> At 9327.
>> So, there's random people that are just
in the house.
>> That's not a real person. That's
probably somebody she know. I don't know
who that is cuz I didn't see their face.
I was in my room.
>> Okay. So, who was responsible for
watching the kids today?
>> I don't know. I was asleep.
So, you don't normally watch any of your
siblings?
>> If she tell me, I would sleep, ma'am. I
don't know. I would sleep.
>> Okay. There's no reason to get
defensive. I'm asking
>> I just told you I was sleeping. You
asking the same questions.
>> We talked before. We told you that some
>> You want to arrive at But I was sleep. I
told I'm well aware that you were
asleep.
>> But no matter what, I still got to ask
you the questions. I know you've been
asked them before, but I still got to
ask it.
So
>> 23
>> total. There's nine of you children that
live here. Well, you're an adult, but
>> my brother
not here at the moment.
>> So that's eight. So who else lives here?
>> My mom and her kids.
>> Okay. But which children live here?
>> Everybody. That's on the list.
>> I don't have all their names.
And you those four are in school.
>> Yeah.
>> But they all live here, correct?
>> Okay. So, who does the house belong to?
>> Does she rent it or she own it?
>> She rent it.
>> Okay.
Do you know how
the injury to the finger occurred? How
the baby got cut on the finger and the
foot?
>> I was not here.
>> You weren't here?
>> When those things happened, I was not
here. Happy hour.
>> What about your other sibling that's got
like a whole bunch of marks on
>> his back? Like healing scars along his
leg.
>> He got everything.
>> Inside the home, officers discovered
unsanitary living conditions with strong
odors of feces and urine with minimal
food. And as officers looked closer,
they noticed marks and scars on one of
the children's body. The injuries raised
concerns that required further
investigation.
>> No, these are line marks.
I mean, he's got a few little eczema
things up in the back.
>> I don't know. And I don't know cuz they
play rough. That's all I can say.
>> How does your mom usually discipline
them when they mess up?
>> She don't hit them. She let them do
whatever they want. That's why the house
messed up. She let them terrorize.
>> Do you you guys have any animals that
live in this house?
>> I have to ask this. What is that smell
that's in the house? Because it smells
like feces. smells like crap. Like it
smells like that and urine and a whole
bunch like dirty trash. And I mean the
house is a mess.
>> The kids dirty up the house every day.
Now if you live with them, you will know
they dirty up the house every day. Yes,
we clean up after them every day. They
dirt up the house every day. They put
juice on the floor before they left.
They had juice on the floor everything
before they left. They terrorize the
house. If you live with them kids, then
you'll know they mess up everything.
They don't. They mess up everything.
>> I also had seen that there's no food in
the refrigerator. What?
>> It is food in the refrigerator. She got
food in the She just went to go buy food
last night and she got to go buy more.
What? She got a lot of kids. What y They
eat like animals.
>> I'm well aware of that.
>> Like what y'all saying? There's no food.
It's little food in there. She just got
to buy more. They eat like animals.
Y'all if y'all live if y'all need to
come live with people so y'all can stop
assuming [ __ ] Like that's annoying.
Y'all saying it's no food. What the [ __ ]
y'all expect? It's a lot of kids in the
house. Y'all expect what the [ __ ] y'all
expect?
>> Okay, I'm not going to sit here and
argue with you,
>> okay?
>> Cuz I'm going to tell you, you could
have very little money and I'm sure your
mom gets food stamps and other things
else like that.
>> Okay, and they eat like animals. They
eat like animals and you got to buy food
every day. That's why she wouldn't want
to argue with you.
>> Okay, then we don't have to [ __ ] at all.
Simple as that.
>> Then you can go back and
ass [ __ ] Dumb ass.
>> She just slammed her foot in the door.
All right, I'll take care of mom.
>> When officers later asked the older
sister about the condition of the home,
she stated that the children caused all
the mess. Eventually, the officers on
scene and the mother went to the
hospital for treatment of one of the
kid. The situation suddenly shifted in
the hospital to something that no one
could expect.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, hold on, hold
on.
Thank you.
>> You're welcome. I'll meet you there.
>> Okay.
>> Thank you.
>> Thank you.
>> Seat belt.
>> I don't need a seat belt. I'm good.
>> Still got to put the seat belt on.
>> I'm not aggressive. You got so you don't
hit this. No.
>> Okay. Listen,
I don't know what happened. I'm just
here to transport you. All right.
Lord, that's crazy.
>> I went to the police station or
>> Yeah.
Got
up and everything good.
Now I got to go to jail.
Get more stuff to tighten up.
Okay. Call nobody.
Huh?
I can't call nobody. No.
>> We're going to take that chain off. I'm
going to put it in here. Okay.
>> You don't got no more jewelry on here?
>> No.
Sit down.
>> So, I got Who? I got to wait here for
>> the detective. When she comes, she's
going to talk to you.
>> She at the hospital?
>> Yeah.
>> She coming out?
>> I'm going to get the sergeant to come
talk to you. He's good. Hey, I need
something to drink.
>> What's your name?
>> Finish telling you. Okay.
>> When I was I was in the hospital thing,
I had this morning to go drop my son
off. My other kids, four kids. My other
two kids came out when my daughter was
home at the house and they trying to say
I'm the one is my my reason
>> that my daughter uh my kids came out.
>> Okay.
>> I went to the kids out. So when I got to
the hospital cuz my son had a cut right
here.
>> Okay.
>> And um it came this but you know it's
open to close. It got to close on its
own.
>> Okay.
>> So um I had wrapped it but he took it
out. But when I I bought more wrap and I
came back home. Okay.
>> But I haven't stopped. She called the
baby said, "Let me get the car first
because I'm doing remodeling in my
house."
>> Okay.
>> So now when I get to the hospital,
>> she she talking she talking. She didn't
say nothing. She said, "Put hands around
you." And she snapped me on the floor.
>> She slam me on the floor.
because
when he tried to drive on his car
and a detective detective
>> an
thing on me scratched me and I got back
injury
>> got scratched
in the car right here discussing your
love.
>> Were you resisting?
>> No, I was not doing nothing.
>> When he came, I was not resisting. I
walk no more.
>> When officers attempted to detain her at
the hospital, the situation escalated
further as she resisted, leading to a
physical struggle with officers before
she was taken into custody.
>> I resisted. I know I'm not going to
resist.
>> So, these officers are just transporting
you. So, they don't have anything to do
with you to jail. Yeah, you're going to
be transported to jail.
>> Well, I came here for it.
>> You asked me that like multiple times
and I told you that I don't know
>> and that I was going to find out. Okay.
>> Give my daughter number 31.
Give my daughter number.
>> Charlie 101. Copy.
>> Well, you're not done yet. So, you don't
know if she going to give you your
daughter's number or not. You're not
complete.
>> You don't need
location.
>> Okay. one night
charge with and and find out how much
longer
was open heard a male talking in the
background
I have my number
>> yeah he'll get you some more water okay
>> all right have a seat
>> as the investigation unfolds the
department of children and families is
notified and steps in with authorities
confirming the children will be removed
from the home and placed into protective
custody for their safety.
>> Hey, Michaela.
>> Oh, yeah.
>> What's your name again, man?
>> What's your last name?
>> Reed.
>> Reed.
>> Mhm.
>> Hello.
>> What's going on, Michaela? How you
doing?
>> Can we take a look at the kids, please?
All righty. Cool. You guys, this is uh
this is my friend Mrs. Reed. Okay.
>> She's going to holl at y'all for a
little bit. I got to talk to Michaela.
You guys talk. You guys step over here
and I'll talk to Michaela. Let her know
what's happening.
All right. So,
>> I don't know what happened with your
mom, but she flipped out on the high
school and she ended up fighting me. be
fighting the detective that showed up.
>> Who?
>> Your mom.
>> She what?
>> She decided she wanted to fight me and
the detective that showed up to to talk
to her.
>> And so she's at the police station now.
So at the very least, she's going to get
charged with resisting since she decided
to go berserk on us. Um, so this is why
DCF is grounding up all the kids.
>> All right. So the kids tonight are going
to be going with her. Um,
well, all the kids. I think the other
two are there as well on three or
>> that's what it is right now. That's what
it is right now.
>> So your mom is definitely going to get
arrested for what she did at the
hospital. And then if there are
additional charges, reference, child,
anything, then that's the detective is
going to decide that. All right,
that's it. You have any questions for
me?
>> No.
>> Good luck to you and hopefully
everything gets a little better cuz that
was really weird. What do you think?
>> So, all right.
>> All right, bro. Let me see your back.
Turn around for me.
>> Figure out how he got all these scars.
>> Yeah. Where are all those scars from?
>> I don't know about that.
>> All right. You pull your shirt back up.
>> Bravo.
>> Bravo 41 time for Thank you. Look at me
right now.
>> He going to but he going to button your
shirt back. I got to send these pictures
out to a detective really quick.
>> I know you've been here.
>> I know you played.
>> I've seen you yet.
>> Let me get uh big man.
>> Is it a rain?
>> Yeah, it's starting to rain. Let's try
to do this real quick.
>> One child gave inconsistent explanations
for his injuries. First saying he was
pushed into a TV, then claiming he
tripped into an oven. And when
questioned about facial injuries, he
stated he had been bitten by a dog,
raising serious concerns due to the
shifting accounts.
>> What happened to your head?
>> How? From what?
>> I got pushed into
>> Got pushed into the TV by who?
>> No, I just tripped in a table and then I
hold right there.
>> Good lie.
>> Nope.
>> Good lie.
>> True.
>> What happened to your eyes?
>> It's a good lie.
>> I I got I got hit in on the oven. It
makes my ass.
>> Hold on. So what hap So tell me what
happened to your face?
>> A dog bit me. That's
>> Hold on. Hold on. Tell me the truth.
What happened?
>> A dog bit me right here.
>> Okay. And what happened to your eye?
>> Good. Good truth.
>> And I got hit in the oven with this.
>> Hit in the oven.
>> Yeah.
>> How? Don't move. Don't move. Don't move.
Stay right there.
>> I accidentally put pushed my I
accidentally hit myself in the oven with
my eye.
>> But how you got that bump?
>> Yeah. How'd you get the bump? You said
you put into a TV.
>> Yeah. I got put Someone pushed me into
the table.
What's that?
>> How'd you get that?
>> Somebody hit me.
>> Oh, shoot. Hold on.
>> Somebody hit you with the broom.
>> But who But did any did you go to the
hospital for that?
>> Not yet.
>> She didn't had a car.
>> All right.
>> Taking back to DCF office, right?
>> One second.
really long.
>> You won't remember.
>> Good memories.
>> I'm good. I got you. You need your
birthday or anything?
>> All right.
>> Thank you.
>> You're welcome.
>> Hey, you got your seat belt on back
there?
>> Give me that.
>> And you got your seat.
>> There's no seat belt.
come and see.
>> Okay,
then.
Okay, listen. You can't be making all of
this noise in here, okay? You can't do
that. Okay, there's no need for you to
be be doing that.
>> Okay, so I spoke to the detective. Okay.
She told me that it was seven counts of
child seven counts of child and seven
counts of um
contributing to the
>> like you contributed to whatever they
were doing that they weren't supposed to
do or whatever your kids.
>> Which one?
>> I don't know.
>> I don't know what I'm supposed to say.
Listen,
when you go down to the jail, okay, and
you get released or whatever, you can
see all of that. You can see what you
wrote. And I
said, I want to inform what I what I
did.
>> Okay, listen. I just informed you of
what I was supposed to inform you of.
Okay? You asked me what the charges
were. Okay? I'm explaining to you what
the charges are. Okay?
All right, let's roll.
Just dump me. No. Right.
>> Listen. You see this?
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. This is the form for IIA. Go make
complaint if that's what you want. No.
Go back in there. Go back in there. This
is the form.
>> You say you want to file a complaint
right now?
>> Yeah. Okay. This is the form. Okay. I'm
going to put it in your purse so it'll
be there for you. Okay. You understand?
>> You say you say you want to go. We out
of here now.
>> I can't remember saying anything.
>> I got Listen, you have your day in
court. Don't worry about the detective.
Is she wrong? She wrong.
>> But at the same time,
>> did I drop them?
>> I know. But um how about my bond to come
out and they took my kids? Come on.
>> There's going to be a no bond on that.
The judge got to set a bond.
>> That's what I'm trying to say.
>> Right.
>> All but don't you have other cases, too?
>> What it say?
>> What's your name?
She doesn't have
my daughter number.
Okay. All right. Okay, we'll figure
we're getting rid of the hospital
anyway. We'll figure it out.
>> Later, officers arrested Anella, 37, and
she was charged with the following acts
with one count of resisting arrest
without violence. While aggravated child
charges were initially listed,
prosecutors later stated there was not
enough evidence to support those counts.
According to investigators, the case
began after a report of young children
running unsupervised in the street, one
of them injured. When officers arrived,
they found multiple children inside a
home described as being in extremely
poor condition with strong odors, little
food, and visible injuries on several of
the kids. Authorities later confirmed
that there had been around 20 prior
child protective investigations
involving the same household. During the
incident, Anella was taken into custody
after allegedly resisting officers,
including kicking and struggling during
the arrest. All seven children involved
were removed from the home and placed
into protective custody by child
services. In court, a judge found
probable cause for 15 charges and set
her bond at $56,500
despite objections from her attorney.
Officials also confirmed she was already
out on bond in a separate case at the
time of her arrest. What's your take?
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