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It began on Thursday, March 23, when officers were dispatched to a home on the 4200 block of Glenview Street for reports of screaming, Philly police said in a release. They arrived to find two "partially-clothed" children "wandering around" in the backyard, crying, police wrote.
Inside, officers said they found a little boy locked up in a pet crate that had been fastened with a zip tie.
The boy was rescued from the cage and all three children — ages 3, 5, and 6 — were taken to St. Christopher's Hospital for a medical evaluation, according to the release.
On Friday, police arrested 31-year-old Paul Weber and 30-year-old Michelle Campbell on charges of endangering the welfare of a child and recklessly endangering another person, the department said. Each was arraigned Friday and is scheduled to return for a preliminary hearing before Judge Vincent W. Furlong on April 4, court records show.
The children have been placed under the care of the state Department of Human Services, police added.
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