Children found locked in storage unit

 Blaze:

Two people have been arrested after police said they found six children locked inside a storage unit in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, last Tuesday.

Milwaukee police were dispatched to the storage units near 27th and Silver Spring after receiving a report of a child crying from inside a locked unit, according to court documents.

When they investigated the report, police said they heard a child crying and another coughing, so they brought in the Milwaukee Fire Department to cut off the unit's padlock. Inside they found the children, ages 2, 3, 5, 7, and 9 years old, as well as a 2-month-old baby.

The unit had only a bucket for the children to relieve themselves, and police said there was just a small sliver of light coming through the crack of the door.

"We're not supposed to be loud," one child said to an officer.

The oldest child identified the parents as 33-year-old Charles Dupriest and 26-year-old Azyia Zielinski, and allegedly told police that they locked the children in the unit. He also said he was in charge of taking care of the baby and had no way to contact the parents in case of an emergency.

Dupriest and Zielinski would drink "tequila and vodka, become drunk, and slump over," according to the child.

Police said the unit was in disarray and the smell inside was so "putrid" that they could not remain inside, even with the door open. There was a couch and a twin mattress without bedsheets for the children to sleep on. They found a box of chips, milk, and a case of soda. The unit had no electricity, lights, or running water.
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"We have your children stating that they had no food, that the only food they found was from the garbage. They didn't have a bathroom. They used a bucket," the commissioner said. "And what's more disturbing than all of that are the statements that both you and father had made that you and the children could have stayed with family members."

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I don't see any defense to the charges of child neglect. These children will likely become wards of the state.

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