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Evansville parents arrested on preliminary child neglect charges
An Evansville couple were accused of child neglect after deputies investigated a 911 call about a woman "gushing blood."
Evansville parents arrested on preliminary child neglect charges An Evansville couple were accused of child neglect after deputies investigated a 911 call about a woman "gushing blood." Check out this story on courierpress.com: https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/crime/2018/12/11/evansville-parents-arrested-preliminary-child-neglect-charges/2279756002/
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Caryn Soliday (left) and Richard Soliday(Photo: Supplied/Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — An Evansville couple were accused of child neglect after deputies investigated a 911 call that a man and woman were drunk and the woman was "gushing blood."
Vanderburgh County Sheriff's deputies were sent to the 100 block of North Red Bank Road about 9 p.m. Monday for the call, described as a medical emergency.
The deputies found at least three adults and five children at the home. One deputy reported a pool of blood just inside the front door with a "highly intoxicated" man lying next to it.
Investigators believe Richard and Caryn Soliday were drinking with 43-year-old Stanley Stocker on Monday evening when the Solidays started arguing.
Richard Soliday allegedly threw items including glass cups and the TV onto the floor, then tried to leave the home. Caryn Soliday is accused of pushing Richard Soliday away from the door and into a flight of stairs.
Police say she told them she wanted to keep Richard Soliday from leaving the home while he was drunk. According to a probable cause affidavit, she also said she slammed her own head into the door, hitting her nose and causing it to bleed onto the floor.
Stocker was the man lying on the floor when police arrived, according to the affidavit. He did not report any injuries.
Deputies continued through the home and reported finding whiskey, multiple swords, knives and a hatchet in places that could be easily accessed by the children. They also described only one toilet working out of three in the house, and cat feces in the bathtub where the children bathed.
The children told police their parents frequently argue and the children could hear them yelling. The children heard a loud noise, according to the affidavit, and then one child told the others that their mother was bleeding.
The Department of Child Services was called to the Red Bank home and the children were released into family members' custody.
Richard and Caryn Soliday were both arrested on multiple preliminary charges of child neglect. Caryn Soliday is also in custody on a preliminary charge of domestic battery in the presence of a child.
Neither parent had been formally charged as of Tuesday afternoon. Caryn Soliday's initial hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday in Vanderburgh Superior Court.
Deputies tried to take Stocker into custody but he refused. A deputy used a Taser on Stocker at least twice and he was eventually handcuffed.
Stocker was arrested on a preliminary charge of resisting law enforcement Monday night and pleaded guilty Tuesday. He was sentenced to 60 days in Vanderburgh County Jail.
Anyone who suspects child abuse or neglect should call law enforcement or the Indiana Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline run by the Department of Child Services. The DCS hotline is available at 1-800-800-5556.
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