Parents who kept 11-year-old son with autism in enclosure ‘similar to a jail cell’ for 6 years in feces-filled home avoid prison time
Jeffery Scanlan and Misty Scanlan pleaded guilty Jan. 8 to a misdemeanor child neglect charge. On Wednesday a judge sentenced ...
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Parents get probation for keeping 11-year-old with autism in ‘jail cell’
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Two parents who kept an 11-year-old child living with autism in a makeshift jail cell will have to serve a year of probation, a judge ordered Wednesday. In January, Jeffery Scanlan ...