DAYTON — A video posted to social media led to police putting a mom and her boyfriend in handcuffs.
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Then, the children’s services took seven kids from their home.
We watched as Dayton police were at this house on Wroe Avenue on Tuesday.
We’ve learned it was the second in as many days that officers were at the home for a child endangering complaint.
Monday night, a dad asked for a welfare check on his 15-year-old daughter, who lives here.
“Based on some information he had received from her about some possible abuse in the household,” Lt. Eric Sheldon with the Dayton police department said.
Police said they spoke with the man and woman who live there and the 15-year-old.
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Police said she was not willing to explain what led to what they called “a small injury” to her lip.
“So at that point, they did not have enough information to make an arrest. They did, however, file a complaint and made a referral to Montgomery County Children Services,” Shledon said.
Officers came back to the home for another welfare check on Tuesday.
Police said people outside the home made the department aware of a video on social media that showed a man beating a 10-year-old girl inside the house.
Because of how graphic it is, we are choosing not to share the video.
Jail records identify the two suspects as Heather Pippen and Stephanas Golden.
They’re facing charges, including misdemeanor child endangering, for now.
“As we interview the juveniles and process this evidence, there’s a possibility that this will be upgraded to a felony child endangering. And there also may be other crimes that we can charge them with,” Sheldon said.
Police said Pippen is the mother of five children in the home and the aunt of two more here.
Investigators said Golden is the man from that social media video.
The police said he’s Pippen’s boyfriend and is not the father of any of the seven children removed by children services.
The kids were all taken to the hospital to be checked for injuries.
Golden went to the hospital too, before he went to jail.
The police said he broke his leg when he was resisting arrest.
Officers found 14 dogs at the home.
Police said the animals were not involved in the abuse, but animal control cited the family for unlicensed dogs.
A family member took the animals.
We’ll let you know if there are upgraded charges here.
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