You've lived here how many years? 11. 11 years. And you've never seen them. Never seen kids outside playing. Didn't even know the kids were in that house ever. Didn't know they existed. Okay. We found the weed pipe in there. She said she smokes weed. She said you guys both smoke weed. When's the last time you smoked weed? Smoke weed. Yesterday. Yesterday. Okay. Before you guys went to bed when you woke up. That was yesterday afternoon, though. On February 2nd, 2024, officers responded to a call about two young children living in deplorable conditions in a St. Petersburg home where police found rot, mold, open buckets of urine, and drug paraphernelia after a reported overdose. The investigation began when St. Pete police and fire rescue arrived at the residence around 6:00 a.m. discovering a 49year-old man and a 31-year-old woman passed out amid drugs with one child bearing cigarette burns as detailed by the St. Petersburg Police Department. Go back. Go back, baby. Uh-uh. Where you going? Yeah, they're full of life. And you said you've lived here how many years? 11. 11 years. And you've never seen them? Never seen kids outside playing. Didn't even know the kids were in that house ever. Didn't know they existed. Okay. When she told me that, I was shocked. And you said you never saw a woman at this house. Just a man. I just see a guy. Okay. And he walks down the street all the time and be driving a little Toyota Corolla sometime and that's it. Toyota Corolla and that's it. That's it. Okay. Never really even seen nobody here but him. What does that man look like? Have you ever like seen him? He's I think he last I seen him he had like like a nappy little short afro. Small afro. Yeah. Kind of light skin. Light skin. Um I'm taller than him. I'll say about so much height. Light quite height. You see him go in and out of the house or you see him just kind of walk past the house, make contact? I see him walk past the house. I know he be there. Okay. Um, that's all I know. Okay. And I haven't seen the car here. So, And you said what? You haven't seen the car here? Mhm. All right. So, female? Um, what' you say? Do you have Do you know your social? My social? Yeah. What? I'm getting ran. No, you're just you're just ask somebody else. Yeah. For your social security number. Yeah. You just go down as a witness. You don't have to. You don't want to give it. We just always ask if somebody does. Just we have to identify somebody later and we try to put as much information as we can. You don't have to. You don't have to. It's just it's just kind of things that we ask. Tell you what though. If somebody steals your identity, suspect number. Hey. Wow. Yeah. That's what I'm like. But I did that. Wow. Well, thanks for coming over. Mhm. That's what I do for them. No, you're helpful. Yeah, because I know kids be over here and really in the neighborhood. They're the only kids in the neighborhood. It's the ones I see is right here. Hm. And they play out in the yard all the time. But this lady here don't have no kids. Older lady. Them people there, older couple. Them right here, older couple. The lady on the corner, she have no kids. Feed cats all day. Um, these guys got bigger kids. Like I said, I don't have babies running around. The lady next door to me don't have no kids. So, I'm shocked. But the ones that have kids, you see them out and about. It's nobody but right here. Yep. Okay. And they're outside playing. Yeah, they play all the time, right, Keith? Good. Under arrest, I do want to talk to you about what's going on. So, with that being said, some of the questions I might ask may to somebody be seen incriminating. So, I'm going to read your rights just to talk to you. Okay? It doesn't mean you're under arrest. You're not under arrest. You're not handcuffed. Do you understand that? Okay. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to talk to a lawyer and have him or her present with you while you're being questioned. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, want to be appointed to represent a you can decide at any time to exercise these rights and not answer any questions or make no mistake. Do you understand? You should say these rights I explain to you. Okay. Having these rights of mind, you wish to talk to me. Huh? Having these rights in mind, you wish to talk to me. Just about the whole situation. Whole situation. Sleep. You ready to go to work? Jail, huh? They're taking jail. So this is your house? My mom. Your moms. Okay. How long you been living here? Since it's 3 months. 3 months. She came from whatever. Okay. How long has she been living here? She came over with a place for years. 3 months ago. No, same time. I brought all of you here. I take care of everybody. Okay. I'm sorry that that's my fault. I missed it. So when did you start living here? 3 months I was staying I over there 5100 days so it was over there all of us over there. Okay. So what happened is you had a disappointment of came over here. That was 3 months ago. Yes. Okay. So she's been staying here about 3 months. Yes. Um the kids they're yours and hers. Yes sir. Okay. How long have you guys been together? Five or six years. Five six years. Okay. Um, what she uses? Yes or no? She went, she's audition. Okay. So, you said you took her to the method. Yeah. Okay. When's the last time she went? Yesterday. Yesterday. Okay. Do you know of her to have used since yesterday? Huh? Did she use? I I don't know. Serious time. I I can't I can't maybe anytime what I'm sorry. That's okay. She illness. She She got illness, bro. She what? She It's illness, man. Just hold on. Lord, I'm sorry. Maybe me. I'm just not It's an illness. That's okay. It's an illness. Okay. Um I have to Okay. So, she went to the clinic yesterday. Did she use yesterday? Do you know of I was at work. Okay. What do you do for work? the taxi. Oh, you drive the taxi. Okay. Um, when we came in, you guys are passed out. We knocked the first time. Was there an incident prior to us getting here with one of the children being outside? No. Nothing at all. No, we've been here 3 months. Should have never been outside the house. No. We got called about an hour before we woke you guys or probably about 15 minutes before we woke. I heard that. And the door sitting on the situation with that door was that when they came on it's old house about 7 years. I understand it was knocked off the hinges by one of the where's that air conditioner? I bought it from mom. What happened? They bam on the door and knocked off the top hinges which caused the crack in the wood. So I I understand that cuz we were here for the overdose last week was here last situation. My question is is we were called here before before we woke you guys up today. We were called here about 15 minutes prior. Okay. Somebody called in and said there was a child walking around out front and that you came out and addressed the child and brought the child back in. I didn't come out the door at all until you guys came in the house and tell me so I went out the door. That's a total lie. That's so much lying to you. The child was not out the door and I didn't come out the door until you guys finally like the child wasn't out. No, not out the door. Okay. Um we found the weed pipe in there. She said she smokes weed. She said you guys both smoke weed. When's the last time you smoked weed? Smoke weed yesterday. yesterday. Okay. Before you guys went to bed, when you woke up? That was yesterday afternoon. Okay. Um, we found a weed pipe next to the bed. It's in plain view. Right next to the bed on the floor. Okay. Is that commonly where you leave your weed pipe? No. Okay. Then they ask you about now again where she's sitting on the couch. There's that folding tray table. There's a crack pipe on. Okay. Who smoked crack? I understand it's not you. I have a feeling based on her prior and everything. It's her. Did she smell crap yesterday? I don't know. I don't know what it was. So, does she normally leave her crack wipes out in the open? No. No. Crap. I don't know. Um, where what's where'd she go? Uh, roll call, but we figured that situation. That's why I as keys. This what? That's why I asked for your keys. Are they They're both in my car. Okay. She's going to take charge once we get to the suffering. She's she's still attached to stuff. Okay. Um, so are you aware of the conditions of the house if they've been the kids have been staying here for 3 months with you guys? Yeah, I s and came and know everything. That door was up. It was fine before that just happened over the last couple weeks and I haven't had any money to fix it. So, I'm trying to get stuff fixed in my mom house. Chinese step and just I have a place to say that. Let me ask you your honest opinion. Okay, just this is a question as a father myself from the outside looking in. Do you think or would you have ever thought if you had kids you wouldn't let your kids live in a house like this? And I and I get she like she said it's not like this all the time, but if you walked into this house right now and said there's two kids living here, would you sit and think, "Yeah, that's normal. What would you think? It's not a purpose. I'm not I'm sorry. try the best way out. It's what? I mean, like I said, I'm just asking your opinion. All right. What was your first name? Nathan. Nathan. All right. Do me a favor, Nathan. I'm going to have everything back. Okay. But what I'm getting arrested for both being arrested. I'll tell you what. If you stay cooperative, I got two pair of handcuffs. I see you're a bigger guy. I'm getting What? You got some big wrists, too, man. What? Can you explain while Yeah, I'll tell you in a second. [ __ ] kidding me, man. [Music] Where am I? All right, I'm going try to make sure this doesn't lock up. Tell you what, if you sit tight, I got a couple of ankle cuffs. They're a little bit bigger. I'll grab them out of my car and we'll use those or pick cuz I know these are probably Yeah, you guys are both going to be under arrest for child neglect. Okay, child neglect. Because the living conditions of the house are not feasible for children. Okay, there's obviously a reason we were our initial plan was just to take the children. Um cuz they shouldn't be living here. You guys have drug paraphernalia that's easily accessible to them. You're both passed out when we get here. The house is disgusting. You have mold, rotting food. Yeah. That's been here before we got here. Put her You want to put her in yours because I'm He's probably going to go in mine. Kids were also here before we got Yeah. Just for the room. Okay. So, you guys are both going to be under for child neglect. And Yep. And the children are be going to be coming with us. We've already contacted DCF. They're going to come grab them today. Oh, man. So, let's take a walk over here. Put gloves on. You're going to search them? Yep. Mr. Leave those off for now. I tell you what, man. This is what I have. Okay, I'm just going to tell you honestly what they are. These are usually ankle cuffs. Okay, they're a little bit bigger. I'm going to cup them together and that's how we're going to secure you. Okay, cuz I know you got big arms there. Okay. So, put these on before you take the other ones off. Okay. Get them on. Make sure your things are hold your locks or your unlocks I should say. So turn the other way and install these before you take those other ones off. So put these on and then we'll pop the other ones off. Just uh put your arms out a little bit so she can get those off for you. Just walk me and then you can take those off. [Music] I know. We're trying. We're trying. We're trying. Heat. Heat. I should call maybe an IS from ISB and see can help. Sure. One of those is mine. One of those is Scott's. Let me see which one last thing Just put your butt in first and turn over. Sir, take this thing off. I I can. Just wanted to pinch your car. There you go. I'll put it below. You're good, man. Don't really lock these. So you don't get tight. Listen, is there anything inside your raw? Anything you're hiding? I can you bring anything in that jail? It's I can't feel it. I can't feel it. Can I Can I look? Do you normally keep stuff in there? Yes. Okay. Can I check? Can I check to see if there's anything? Do you know if there's anything in there or you don't? I don't think there is anything in there. You don't think or you don't know? I don't think so. Okay. Well, that's fine. We'll I don't want to give another instruction. Okay. Listen. Listen. If I have one. Okay. So, here's the deal. When we take you to jail, we'll tell them that you may have something in your bra, but that we weren't able to search you here and we know about it and they know about it. It's not an introduction. I can't check it right now. So, we'll let you check. We're going to put you in the van. So, we'll let you check for you the van. Okay. Okay. Okay. All right. Okay. You sure there's nothing in there? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. All right. going on, please. Yeah, here. I'll tell you what. I'm just going to let you check it now and then if there's anything. Okay. I tell you what, we will uh anything? No. No. Nothing? No. Okay. There we go. 73. Show 15 two times, please. Which one? This one. This one. That one's actually looser than the other one. That's super loose. Are you looser than it? You got it. The man was charged with multiple counts of child neglect and abuse, while the woman faced charges of child neglect. 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