Child-neglect charges filed in case of alleged filthy, bug-filled house
By DYLAN GOFORTH World Staff Writer on Aug 12, 2013, at 10:17 PM
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Three people who are accused of allowing three children to live in "deplorable" conditions were charged with child neglect Monday.
Angela Marie Prior and Matthew Davidson Prior were arrested Aug. 5 after Tulsa police officers were called to their home in the 1200 block of North 76th East Avenue at the request of a Department of Human Services worker who was concerned about the welfare of three children living there, police said.
Janet Marie Friend, the children's grandmother and Angela Prior's mother, was arrested two days later.
Department of Human Services investigators had received "horrifying information regarding the condition of the home," according to Friend's booking report.
The report alleges that Friend "was a primary caregiver for the children and she failed to provide a safe, secure environment for her grandchildren."
The children, ages 5, 3 and 2, and the adults were living among trash, dirty diapers, empty soda cans and broken glass. Dirty dishes, electrical hazards and "thousands of flies and cockroaches" were found near a child's bed, police said.
The children were placed in Department of Human Services custody.
Matthew Prior, 27, remains jailed in lieu of $150,000 bail. Angela Prior, 21, and Friend, 57, remain jailed in lieu of $150,500 bail each.
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The bee belongs to a group of solitary bees commonly known as "wool carder bees" because their cotton-like brood cells are made of plant hairs.
The group is the fourth delegation of visiting faculty from the university to visit OSU.
