GUILTY WS - Couple charged with locking 6 children in storage unit with a urine bucket - Milwaukee County, 15 September 2025

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Couple Charged After Their 6 Children Were Allegedly Locked in a ‘Putrid’ Storage Unit with a Urine Bucket

A Wisconsin couple has been charged with multiple counts of neglect after their six children were allegedly found locked in a storage unit. Authorities stated that the kids had no plumbing or electricity and were forced to urinate in a bucket.

people.com

Charles Dupriest, 33, and Azyia Zielinski, 26, have been charged with two counts of child neglect and four counts of neglecting a child under 6 years old, according to Milwaukee public court records. Dupriest has also been charged with possession of a firearm, per the records.

 

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Children found in storage unit

 

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Mom Who Locked 6 Children In Storage Unit Avoids Prison, Sentenced to Probation

Azyia Zielinski was sentenced to 18 months probation after she and her husband, Charles Dupriest, left their six kids inside a storage unit.

www.courttv.com

18 months of probation.

 

[Rikissa]

Article from 19 March 2026:

The Milwaukee mother of six children found locked in a Milwaukee storage unit last year was given 18 months of probation for misdemeanor child neglect.

https://eu.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2026/03/19/milwaukee-mom-gets-probation-for-locking-her-6-kids-in-storage-unit/89208135007/

(For those of us in Europe who are geo-blocked from US sites)

Article from 15 January 2026:

MILWAUKEE (WISN) - A Milwaukee jury found a father guilty of child neglect for locking his six children in a storage unit.

Charles Dupriest told the jury that he and his partner, Azyia Zielinski, had fallen on tough times last summer.

Sentencing in April.

Father of 6 found guilty of locking children, including baby, inside storage unit

A father was found guilty of child neglect after locking his six children inside a storage unit.

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