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Parents get 2-year terms in caged kids case
By TIMES WIRES
Published February 16, 2007
A couple who forced some of their 11 adopted, special-needs children to sleep in cages were sentenced to two years in prison each for child endangering Thursday, after emotional statements in which the parents said they were only trying to keep the kids safe. Sharen Gravelle accused social services officials of not helping her and her husband, Michael, control the behavior of some of the youngsters. The children, who suffered from problems such as fetal alcohol syndrome and a disorder that involves eating nonfood items, ranged in age from 1 to 14 when authorities removed them in September 2005 from the Gravelles' home in Wakeman, about 60 miles west of Cleveland. Elsewhere: Kentucky fire: A cigarette left burning near a chair likely caused the Feb. 6 house fire that killed 10 people in Bardstown, Ky., a fire official said. Four adults and six children died in the fire. Flu outbreak: In Hyde County, N.C., three schools closed until Monday because of an outbreak of flu-like symptoms that has spread across the state. All 541 students in Hyde County schools were told to stay home until next week.
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