Man Accused of Assaulting Mother-in-Law,
Allowing Children to Live in Filth
A man accused of assaulting his wheelchair-bound mother-in-law has waived his preliminary hearing.
33-year-old Joseph Smith Jr. is also charged, along with 29-year-old Levica Smith, with having six children under the age of 18 living in house with human and animal feces and urine as well, as rotted food, strewn throughout the building.
On April 25 a 13-year-old called 9-1-1 to report a domestic incident at a Petrolia Street house. When police arrived, the child was on the porch crying and they could hear a man and woman yelling inside. According to papers filed in District Judge Dominic Cercone’s office, Smith later admitted to pushing his mother-in-law, who has advanced Parkinson’s disease and had a leg amputated.
When police were at the house, they noticed the excrement on the floors and walls, and the rotted food on floors and countertops. They called the code enforcement department, which verified that the home was a health hazard.
Also, an infant girl who had already been diagnosed with MRSA on her buttocks was found with a dirty diaper pressing on the wound.
CYS removed the children from the home. The Smiths are free on unsecured bail.
33-year-old Joseph Smith Jr. is also charged, along with 29-year-old Levica Smith, with having six children under the age of 18 living in house with human and animal feces and urine as well, as rotted food, strewn throughout the building.
On April 25 a 13-year-old called 9-1-1 to report a domestic incident at a Petrolia Street house. When police arrived, the child was on the porch crying and they could hear a man and woman yelling inside. According to papers filed in District Judge Dominic Cercone’s office, Smith later admitted to pushing his mother-in-law, who has advanced Parkinson’s disease and had a leg amputated.
When police were at the house, they noticed the excrement on the floors and walls, and the rotted food on floors and countertops. They called the code enforcement department, which verified that the home was a health hazard.
Also, an infant girl who had already been diagnosed with MRSA on her buttocks was found with a dirty diaper pressing on the wound.
CYS removed the children from the home. The Smiths are free on unsecured bail.
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