CHILD NEGLECT CHARGES Couple Allegedly Leave Children Alone To Steal Copper
Reported by: Teresa Higginbotham
Web Producer: Bethany Simmons
Also Contributing: Dan Matics
Reported: May. 16, 2012 9:35 AM EDT
Updated: May. 17, 2012 4:13 PM EDT
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Huntington
, Cabell County
, West Virginia
A mom and a dad are busted for allegedly leaving their kids alone as they go out to steal copper.
Police say Dustin Ray Ogden, and Amanda Grace Morris-Ogden tried to steal the metal from a house on Primrose Avenue.
The incident apparently happened around 2am on Tuesday. After being arrested the couple told the officers that their three children, ages 5, 2, and 9 months, were at home alone.
The children are now in the custody of a relative. The Ogdens bonds were set at $80,000 dollars a piece.
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Teresa Higginbotham
