Parents forced 3-year-old boy to live alone in shed: Cops
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Left: Joseph Turner. Right: Sarah Pombert (Douglas County Sheriff’s Office).

In Georgia, a couple has been jailed over allegations that they forced their 3-year-old son to reside in an unhygienic shed lacking water supply and electricity for almost a month.

The individuals in question, Joseph Matthew Turner, 35, and Sarah Elizabeth Pombert, 34, face charges of second-degree child cruelty. As per a warrant issued by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Turner and Pombert reportedly confined the child to a shed at the rear of their residence on Judge Avenue in Douglasville, approximately 20 miles west of Atlanta, for nearly three weeks.

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Turner and Pombert caused “cruel/excessive, mental/physical pain” to the boy by keeping him in a “dirty living space in a shed without running water or electricity, and left the child unsupervised, unbathed, and unclothed with criminal negligence.” The alleged neglect occurred between May 1 and May 22.

Cops filed the charges on May 29 and arrested the couple on June 2, per court records.

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Local ABC affiliate WSB spoke to neighbor Matthew Govoni who said the shed burned down over Memorial Day Weekend, which is what sparked the investigation. Govoni said “there was a huge fire with explosions” that destroyed the shed. The warrant did not detail the fire nor how investigators discovered the alleged abuse of the boy who was not injured in the fire.

Govoni said the couple lived in the home for about 10 years and were not the best of neighbors. He was not shocked by the allegations.

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