Pennsylvania nigger couple kept young sons locked in cellar for days, cops say

[hamilton]

A cruel Pennsylvania couple kept their three young sons locked
in an empty coal cellar called “the hole” for days at a time,
police said.

Richard Hayes, 37, of Mount Oliver, and Natosha Bell, 26, of
Rankin, were arrested Wednesday at McClure Elementary School in
White Oak, where Hayes’ 11-year-old son refused to get into his
car at dismissal time, according to a criminal complaint
obtained by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

The frightened boy said he didn’t want to be handcuffed again as
he clung to a school employee, a witness told police.

Hayes opened the minivan’s door and a school employee spotted
the couple’s two other children, ages 7 and 10, both in
handcuffs, according to the complaint.

White Oak police detained the couple and said Hayes also had a
loaded handgun with him. Allegheny County police took the three
boys into emergency custody and they later told authorities at a
hospital of the brutal treatment they endured, according to the
complaint.

Cops said Hayes is the father of the two older boys, while Bell
is the mother of the 7- and 10-year-old boys. The three
youngsters each said they were locked in “the hole” for several
days at a time. One child claimed he was held captive for an
entire weekend, the complaint states.

Detectives later found evidence backing up the abuse claims at
Hayes’ home, WPXI reported.

Police said “the hole” was actually an empty coal cellar that
had no lights or water and a concrete floor.

Another room in the basement was also referred to as “the cell,”
the boys told police while describing the bucket they were
forced to use as a toilet. The 7-year-old boy said he was locked
away in the room without mattresses or pillows for taking food
when he was hungry, the complaint states.

The 7-year-old also said Hayes forced his head underwater in a
bathtub, which he admitted to investigators, according to the
complaint. Hayes also reportedly told cops he made the three
boys sleep on a basement floor and that he had handcuffed them
at times.

The couple is facing 14 charges in all, including aggravated
assault, false imprisonment and child endangerment. Hayes was
also charged with possessing a weapon on school property.

A judge denied bail Thursday for Hayes. The status of Bell’s
bail was not immediately available, the Tribune-Review reported
Thursday.

“This is perhaps one of the most serious incidents of child
abuse I’ve seen in my career,” Allegheny County Police Inspector
Michael Peairs told KDKA. “If it weren’t for the 11-year-old
refusing to enter the vehicle and the school officials and
police officers — if they hadn’t noticed what was going on and
the red flags and indicators — the abuse could have continued.”

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