A Gloucester Township, New Jersey, couple has been arrested after they allegedly abused and confined a toddler of their residence for years, in keeping with the Camden County prosecutor and police.
Branndon Mosley, 41, and Brenda Spencer, 38, have been arrested Sunday and charged with kidnapping, aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a kid and different offenses, prosecutors stated. Mosley was additionally charged with aggravated sexual assault and sexual assault.
The sufferer, who’s now 18, escaped from the house on Thursday, Could 8, with assist from a neighbor, and police have been notified two days later of the alleged abuse, Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay stated. Mosley and Spencer have been then arrested on Could 11.
“That is essentially the most abhorrent, heinous crimes anybody can commit,” MacAulay stated.
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Based on the Camden County prosecutor, the sufferer stated the abuse started in roughly 2018, across the time Spencer took them out of faculty once they have been in seventh grade and confined them to the house.
The sufferer instructed investigators they have been compelled to dwell in a canine crate for about one yr and was let loose periodically, MacAulay stated.
MacAulay stated the sufferer was later chained up and compelled to dwell in a padlocked toilet within the residence. The sufferer instructed police they have been allowed out of the toilet when household visited the home, the prosecutor stated.
The sufferer was additionally compelled to dwell in one other room in the home with only a bucket to make use of as a substitute of a bathroom, MacAulay stated. The room allegedly had an alarm system to alert Spencer and Mosley in the event that they tried to go away.
The sufferer additionally reported being sexually abused by Mosley and overwhelmed with a belt, the prosecutor stated.
Police additionally discovered the sufferer was compelled to dwell in uncared for situations alongside canine, chinchillas and different animals.
Spencer was the sufferer’s mom, and Mosley was their stepfather, authorities stated. Info for his or her authorized representatives was not instantly out there.
One other 13-year-old baby who lived within the residence was faraway from college years earlier at Spencer’s discretion, MacAulay stated. They have been each homeschooled.
MacAulay stated that folks who pull their kids out of faculty are solely required to inform the varsity district. The New Jersey Division of Training doesn’t comply with up on attendance information of testing to verify homeschool kids are literally being educated. MacAulay stated circumstances like this one show there is a must revisit these legal guidelines.
Based on the prosecutor, Spencer was unemployed and Mosley labored for SEPTA.
In a press release, SEPTA stated Mosley is a Regional Rail engineer and has been held off obligation since Could 11 pending an administrative investigation.
Mosley and Spencer are being held on the Camden County Correctional Facility pending a detention listening to in Superior Court docket.
