FL - Parents charged with locking children in cages while they worked at University of Florida - December 13, 2023

[Clearsky]

UF employees charged with aggravated child abuse after locking kids in cages - The Independent Florida Alligator

Two UF biological scientists were arrested Dec. 8 with charges of aggravated child abuse and child neglect.

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Dustin Huff, 35, and Yurui Xie, 31, were accused of locking their kids in makeshift cages for hours while they worked at UF and overnight, according to the Miami Herald.

 

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As part of a Department of Children and Families investigation, officers responded to Huff and Xie’s home. Officers said the couple kept a 6-year-old boy in a cage made out of a wooden bed frame whenever he wasn’t at school.

Xie and Huff would leave the child alone in the house, according to the arrest report. They told investigators the cage had been in their child’s room for a year.

Officers found a second makeshift cage in the closet of the master bedroom used for the couple’s other child. Both cages had rails and springs that could cause harm to the kids if they moved inside.

“It doesn’t always mean that child is doomed for life,” Jamie Saunders, a lead therapist for the Child Advocacy Center of Gainesville, said about children experiencing trauma. “Healing can happen, you know, just as difficult, as complex trauma can be, and as hard as it can be to hear these stories it’s also important to focus on the resilience part and the level of hope that can happen just through building healthy connections.”
Couple arrested for keeping young children in makeshift cages, police say

When police arrived at the home, the couple showed them the homemade cages "as if it were all normal," police said.

"I'm not used to walking in and seeing a cage where children are kept at night and of course when home alone," said Gainesville Police Sergeant John Pandak.

The children are six and two years old and remain with safe, and vetted family members, police said.
2 University of Florida scientists accused of putting their kids in cages, police say

 

[Clearsky]

University scientist who kept young kids in 'makeshift cage' for hours gets slap on the wrist

Dustin Huff, a former University of Florida scientist, pleaded to one count of child neglect for allegedly keeping his kids, ages 2 and 6, in makeshift cages.

lawandcrime.com

A 35-year-old former scientist at the University of Florida will avoid prison despite pleading to allegations that he kept his 6-year-old and 2-year-old children in makeshift cages while he and his wife went to work and slept.

 

[PayrollNerd]

University scientist who kept young kids in 'makeshift cage' for hours gets slap on the wrist

Dustin Huff, a former University of Florida scientist, pleaded to one count of child neglect for allegedly keeping his kids, ages 2 and 6, in makeshift cages.

lawandcrime.com

A 35-year-old former scientist at the University of Florida will avoid prison despite pleading to allegations that he kept his 6-year-old and 2-year-old children in makeshift cages while he and his wife went to work and slept.

I hope these two little ones are in a happy, healthy home and thriving!

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Huff’s wife, 31-year-old Yurui Xie, the children’s mother, was also arrested and faces one count of child neglect without great bodily harm. She is scheduled to appear in court for her arraignment on March 18. A citizen of the People’s Republic of China, Xie had previously been employed by the University of Florida as a safety manager and research biologist in the Plant Pathology Department.

 

[tlcya]

wow, he sure got a sweet deal. is the same offer being extended to his lovely wife?