Police raid house in ‘deplorable’ condition

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston police arrested three people Wednesday in connection with the conditions inside a house on the city’s West Side.

Items seized in Wednesday’s raid.

Investigators said a young girl was being kept in deplorable conditions on Garvin Ave. that included a number of knives.

Police arrested the child’s babysitter Jessica McClure, her boyfriend, Randolph Jennings Wilson and the child’s mother Kathryn Smith on drug and child neglect charges. Smith was arrested after returning to the house during the raid.

Police said the home was infested with bed bugs and roaches.

 





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