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May 13th, 2008, 07:39 PM
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TROY - A Lansingburgh woman is charged with child endangerment after police say she spent years abusing her foster child.
The 11-year-old boy is now in protective custody, but only after what police describe as a disturbing schedule of abuse and neglect that included malnourishment and confinement. They say they have a report that 51-year-old Sharmon Evans kept the child in a tiny upstairs room, kept a calendar for a feeding schedule and even make the boy eat his own filth. The report also says he would sleep on a hard floor, under a bed frame without blankets.
Neighbors say they saw a lot of toys in Evans' yard, but rarely a child and they barely knew anything about her.
Police and Child Protective Services want to hear more from Evans. She didn't say anything as she brought bag after bag from her now condemned house and loaded them into her new car.
Evans is facing charges after family friends and another child in her care told police of rampant physical and mental abuse.
Police say the boy lived with Evans for 10 years. He is now with another foster family and is said to be doing well.
http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s443250.shtml?cat=300
TROY - A Lansingburgh woman is charged with child endangerment after police say she spent years abusing her foster child.
The 11-year-old boy is now in protective custody, but only after what police describe as a disturbing schedule of abuse and neglect that included malnourishment and confinement. They say they have a report that 51-year-old Sharmon Evans kept the child in a tiny upstairs room, kept a calendar for a feeding schedule and even make the boy eat his own filth. The report also says he would sleep on a hard floor, under a bed frame without blankets.
Neighbors say they saw a lot of toys in Evans' yard, but rarely a child and they barely knew anything about her.
Police and Child Protective Services want to hear more from Evans. She didn't say anything as she brought bag after bag from her now condemned house and loaded them into her new car.
Evans is facing charges after family friends and another child in her care told police of rampant physical and mental abuse.
Police say the boy lived with Evans for 10 years. He is now with another foster family and is said to be doing well.
http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s443250.shtml?cat=300