Georgia parents charged with child cruelty and false imprisonment of 4 teenagers

A brace of Georgia parents are facing charges implicit accusations of kid cruelty, including for allegedly imprisoning their 4 teenagers astatine their location by keeping them successful their bedrooms for agelong periods.

James and Cindy Spooner person each been charged with 4 counts of first-degree kid cruelty and mendacious imprisonment, the Carroll County Sheriff's Office said, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.

Investigators executed a hunt warrant astatine the family’s four-bedroom ranch-style location successful Whitesburg, Georgia, and recovered 4 teenagers — 3 girls and 1 lad — nether conditions the investigators described arsenic inhumane.

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James and Cindy Spooner person each been charged with 4 counts of first-degree kid cruelty and mendacious imprisonment. (Getty Images)

Each child's chamber had a deadbolt fastener connected the extracurricular of the doorway and exterior doors and windows were boarded up successful an evident effort to forestall the children from leaving the house, the sheriff's office said.

The teenagers told investigators they had been locked successful their bedrooms for hours oregon adjacent days astatine a clip with lone a bucket to usage for a toilet. The children besides said they were lone fixed nutrient astatine the discretion of their parents.

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Four teenagers — 3 girls and 1 lad — were recovered surviving nether conditions investigators described arsenic inhumane. (iStock)

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"This is simply a heartbreaking concern for these guiltless children, and nary 1 should beryllium treated similar they person been," the sheriff's bureau said successful a statement. "We commune for their betterment from this mentally and physically and anticipation the offenders are punished harshly done the judicial strategy for these horrid actions."

The lawsuit remains under investigation.