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Children Living With Bugs, Trash Leads To Mount Joy Parents Arrests: Police
Children found living in deplorable conditions prompted arrests of their parents on Thursday, Sept. 12, Mount Joy police announced.
Morris H. Hayes, Jr., 52, and Jessica E. Hayes, 44, both of the 100 block of South Barbara Street in Mount Joy, were charged with Endangering the Welfare of Children, the police said.
Officers "found an extreme hoarding situation at the property," as stated in the release which detailed the conditions as follows: "the two young children were living in deplorable conditions, rotting food, insect infestation, piles of trash and dirty clothin…
