Officials say they also punished the boys in their care by denying them showers, and feeding them out of pails.
According to police, the allegations began when someone called Lackawanna County Children and Youth Services and reported that a 16-year-old child under the care of Roberta Shay, 52, and Christopher Finkler, 40, was being punished by being locked in a cage and suffering bruises as a result,Upon receiving the report, CYS detectives responded to a home in the 520 block of Gibbons Street to investigate and found a metal dog crate with a black plastic tray on the bottom and a “hook and eye” style...
“Eventually, he [the 16-year-old] was locked in a dog crate with a combination lock” for up to four days, the 17-year-old told police, according to an affidavit. Also, the 17-year-old told investigators they were fed sandwiches, fruit and water in a bucket, only let out to use the bathroom, and were not allowed to shower as punishment, according to
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