'Not that bad': Parents arrested after roaches found in deaf, mute child's backpack
Samantha Acker and Christopher Rounds were arrested after their deaf and mute daughter showed up for school unwashed and with roaches crawling out of her backpack.
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A man and woman in Florida were arrested this week after school staff reported that a child in their care came to school filthy and with roaches in her backpack, leading authorities back to her home, which they described as being filthy and in “complete disarray.”
According to a report from Orlando ABC affiliate WFTV, deputies with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office on Sept. 12 responded to a call from school officials after a 15-year-old girl who is deaf and mute arrived at school unbathed, with dirty clothing and cockroaches in her backpack. The school notified the sheriff’s office and deputies responded to the home of Acker, 37, and Rounds, 36, located in Deltona.
In addition to the 15-year-old child, deputies said there were three other kids, ages 16, 10, and 8, who also lived in the home. Deputies said that all of the children were wearing clothing that had not been washed in a long time.
Upon arriving at the address, authorities said they found the home in “complete disarray,” describing it as appearing to be “completely infested” with cockroaches and other kinds of bugs, Orlando CBS affiliate WKMG-TV reported. The front of the home was reportedly blanketed with more than 200 smoked cigarette butts, there was partially eaten food throughout the home and on the floors next to trash and dirty dishes, and garbage piles blocked most of the doorways to the children’s bedroom where the bedding apparently had not been washed in some time. There was no working air conditioner despite temperatures regularly reaching close to 90 degrees.
