Leesburg, Florida (The Weekly Vice) -- James Seever, 40, and Debra Chappell, 27, of Leesburg, Florida have been arrested and charged with child neglect after police find a house literally "raining roaches". Roach covered toddler stopped from playing with butane aerosol gas container moments before the child put the nozzle in her mouth.
You've heard the phrase 'white trash' before we're sure. Well, you'll have to rethink who truly deserves that designation now. Thanks to James and Debra, that bar has officially been lowered.
Wednesday morning, a Leesburg police officer along with a Florida DCF investigator dropped by Seever and Chappell's home to look into a report they received that alleged a child was living in their home in unsanitary conditions. The allegation made was partially confirmed before authorities even got inside the house.
As the agent and officer approached the home, the first indication that something was wrong, was a pile of approximately 60 diapers which had been piled outside the home on the porch.
When the investigators were allowed inside the home, they were hit with an overwhelmingly foul odor accompanied by a shocking sight. Literally thousands of roaches permeated the home - crawling on walls, hallways, storage areas, cupboards, drawers and closets. Roaches were allegedly found crawling on a 2-year-old toddler in the house, who had been sleeping in a roach infested crib.
Rancid, spoiled food littered the kitchen area along with overflowing trash cans. Walkways and counter tops were layered with dirty clothes, mold encrusted cooking utensils, discarded food boxes and insects. The bathroom was so unsanitary that a black layer of filth coated the porcelain while clothing, toys, discarded materials and stinking towels littered the floor.
When an officer opened the refrigerator door, he allegedly jumped away because of the overwhelming number of "roaches that rained down on him."
While authorities were investigating, the child woke up - prompting the mother to take her out of the crib and place her on the floor. Investigators say the child allegedly crawled over to a butane aerosol gas container and attempted to put the uncovered nozzle in her mouth before investigators stopped her.
To top things off, investigators noted the presence of exposed wires along with abundant insect nests and cobwebs in the home. Authorities captured photographs from the scene to support their case, although the unbearable smell will have to be left up to your imagination.
James Seevers and Debra Chappell were arrested, charged with felony child neglect and booked into the Lake County Jail. The 2-year-old child was placed with Florida DCF.
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Incidentally, the couple told authorities that they had lived in the residence for only four months. I'd say it must have taken a great effort to convert an empty residence into a roach infested landfill in a mere 4 months.
Luckily, authorities didn't find any rodents, which could mean only one thing. Even rats have some standard of living.
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You've heard the phrase 'white trash' before we're sure. Well, you'll have to rethink who truly deserves that designation now. Thanks to James and Debra, that bar has officially been lowered.
Wednesday morning, a Leesburg police officer along with a Florida DCF investigator dropped by Seever and Chappell's home to look into a report they received that alleged a child was living in their home in unsanitary conditions. The allegation made was partially confirmed before authorities even got inside the house.
As the agent and officer approached the home, the first indication that something was wrong, was a pile of approximately 60 diapers which had been piled outside the home on the porch.
When the investigators were allowed inside the home, they were hit with an overwhelmingly foul odor accompanied by a shocking sight. Literally thousands of roaches permeated the home - crawling on walls, hallways, storage areas, cupboards, drawers and closets. Roaches were allegedly found crawling on a 2-year-old toddler in the house, who had been sleeping in a roach infested crib.
Rancid, spoiled food littered the kitchen area along with overflowing trash cans. Walkways and counter tops were layered with dirty clothes, mold encrusted cooking utensils, discarded food boxes and insects. The bathroom was so unsanitary that a black layer of filth coated the porcelain while clothing, toys, discarded materials and stinking towels littered the floor.
When an officer opened the refrigerator door, he allegedly jumped away because of the overwhelming number of "roaches that rained down on him."
While authorities were investigating, the child woke up - prompting the mother to take her out of the crib and place her on the floor. Investigators say the child allegedly crawled over to a butane aerosol gas container and attempted to put the uncovered nozzle in her mouth before investigators stopped her.
To top things off, investigators noted the presence of exposed wires along with abundant insect nests and cobwebs in the home. Authorities captured photographs from the scene to support their case, although the unbearable smell will have to be left up to your imagination.
James Seevers and Debra Chappell were arrested, charged with felony child neglect and booked into the Lake County Jail. The 2-year-old child was placed with Florida DCF.
The Weekly Vice Opinion:
Incidentally, the couple told authorities that they had lived in the residence for only four months. I'd say it must have taken a great effort to convert an empty residence into a roach infested landfill in a mere 4 months.
Luckily, authorities didn't find any rodents, which could mean only one thing. Even rats have some standard of living.
Danny Vice
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Okay. Let's assume you care nothing for your child. How can any ADULT allow themselves to live in such squallor. I can't stand it if my house is a little messy and I can't eat if the dishes used to prepare dinner are still dirty. Ok, maybe that is extreme, but still...How did they eat there? How did they sleep with roaches on them? Gag. They MUST be drug addicts because no normal person could live like that!
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What scumbags!!! I can't see how in the hell people can live like that, let alone raise (or attempt to raise) a child in those sort of conditions. And yes, these people may actually cause me to re-define "white trash" :)
In answer to the mad army wife. My wife and I own rental properties. More specifically, motorhome rental. We have been in the business for many years. And to this day, Im constantly amazed at the capacit of the human body to withstand filth, squalor, and vermin. We rented a house to a family for three months. In that time, their dog had puppies and instead of putting the dogs outside, they locked them in the restroom. When we finally evicted the family from the house, ther was 8 inches of accumulated dog feces, paper, and clothes on that bathroom floor. And the remains of what looked like a small goat in the sink. Due to the urine and feces, the floor in the entire house had to be removed and replaced. and the house had to be fumigated 5 times to get rid of all the roaches and rats. All of that happened within 3 months.
This is just so...so odd. And not a little sad. I mean, look at them. They look more or less like normal, CLEAN people, not immaculate but not filthy either. Just normal. And yet they live in absolute filth which pretty much NOT NORMAL. AT ALL. Apart from magnitude of their f***-up in exposing a child to this death-trap, the state of their mental health must be tragic. I'm guessing there's a serious Bi-Polar disorder going on in there somewhere.
Couple of months my ass!! I know that roachs multiple pretty quickly but come on!! To have enough roaches in you home for them to 'rain down' takes more than a couple of months of not cleaning!! How digusting and gross!! I hope the baby goes to much better ppl!!!
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