UPDATE: Erwin couple pleads guilty to two counts of child neglect
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UPDATE: Erwin Couple Charged With Five Counts...
The Unicoi County Sheriff's Department charged an Erwin couple with five counts of child neglect.
Unicoi County Sheriff’s Dept.
Angie Walker Charged With Five Counts Of Child Neglect
UPDATE: Angie and Kevin Walker recently pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of child neglect in Unicoi County General Sessions Court. In return for their plea, prosecutors dismissed three of the felony child neglect charges against each of them. A judge fined them each $50 plus court costs. Both will remain under supervised probation for a year.
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UPDATE: Kevin Walker turned himself in to the Unicoi County Sheriff’s Office. Kevin and Angie Walker appeared before a judge for arraignment in a Unicoi County Courtroom this morning. The judge set bond at $25,000 each and ordered the couple to have no contact with their children until he says it is alright for them to do so.
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Unicoi County Sheriff’s Department charged an Erwin couple with five counts of child neglect that Chief Mike Hensley described as one of the worst he had seen in 25 years of law enforcement.
Following up on a tip took deputies to 1210 West Park Street in Erwin. They found a mobile home infested by roaches and five children with heads shaved and covered by lice sores. They also found flies buzzing around a sink filled with dirty dishes.
The childrens’ mother, Angie Walker, faces five counts of child neglect. She is two months pregnant and had to be treated for lice infestation before being locked up in the Unicoi County Jail.
Her husband, Kevin, has been charged and is expected to turn himself in today. The children were turned over to their grandparents.
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What I don’t get is how can someone live like that? I mean that’s just nasty and it could be prevented with soap and water. These poor kids didn’t deserve to be put into a situation like that and I say shame on the Mother for allowing her kids to live in this filth.
Were have the grandparents been this whole time that this has been going on. This is not something that happens overnight. Here is another example how the State of TN has let these poor children fall thru the cracks. Has no one noticed or have they turned a blind eye on what was going on because they didn’t want to get involved. Way to go Unicoi Co Sheriffs Dept on putting a stop to this and I hope you prosecute them to the fullest and find good loving homes for these children.
Poor babies…I hope their grandparents take better care of them. HOW do parents conscience allow them to do this??
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