Pair from Cleveland charged with transporting kids in hot U-Haul truck
12/22/2017 7:13 am PST
via WJW
ELYRIA, Ohio -- (WJW) -- A man and woman have been charged after authorities say they transported five children in the back of a U-Haul truck on a sweltering summer day.
Fifty-five-year-old Brian Dekam and 26-year-old Jamie Adkins, both of Cleveland, are free on bonds after being indicted on child endangering charges Thursday in Lorain County.
Authorities say the pair was arrested Aug. 2 when they stopped at an Elyria gas station for drinks while traveling to Cleveland. Concerned Elyria city workers stopped the truck from leaving and found five sweat-soaked, flea-bitten children ranging in age from 2 to 15 inside the cargo box.
The 2-year-old was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. Temperatures that day reached 85 degrees.
Adkins told police she was babysitting the four youngest children.
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