Greg and Kimberly Jolley sent their kids to their room....for a while

**Lucy** · August 26th, 2008, 09:46 PM

http://www.ktiv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8898370

A father and step-mother in Lawton, Iowa face charges after authorities say they locked their children in a room for hours without food or water.

Court documents say 42 year old Greg Jolley and 40 year old Kimberly Jolley locked their 8 year old son and 12 year old daughter in a room on the second floor of their home at 2117 140th Street in Lawton.

This apparently happened on August 5 after court papers say Greg Jolley hit the children with a belt, and left bruises on their bottoms.

Both have pled not guilty to two counts of "neglect of a dependent child".

**OMalley** · August 27th, 2008, 12:16 AM

Uh - wait a minute. Not to be on the child abuser's SIDE or anything: I certainly don't agree with the belt whupping, but what, ya can't send a kid to his room anymore?

Was it the locking of the room that was the problem?

**prettyuglyish** · August 27th, 2008, 12:29 AM

Yeah...Huh? Regardless of how I feel about whippings...there are many ways that they can be done without being abusive and/or illegal. How many hours were they locked in their rooms without food or water?

More details are definitely needed before I call names and wish a unique form of torture on these two.

**ImmortalOne** · August 27th, 2008, 04:02 AM

I send my kids to their rooms all the time... Hell. My 11 yr old spent a week in her room once, outside of school and meals... I really want to know more here.

**jenthgr8** · August 27th, 2008, 04:08 AM

Unless there's way more to this story, I don't see what these people did wrong. They didn't beat the kids. They didn't harm them physically or starve them or torture them or just lose them one day. They sent them to their room as punishment.

If that's abuse, I'm fucked, because that's about all I can do with a 14 year old daughter who stands about half a foot taller than me.

**Gilbrit** · August 27th, 2008, 08:31 PM

Two Siouxland children who ran away from home to escape alleged abuse told neighbors their grandmother and teachers had previously turned their parents in for child abuse, according to court documents.

Roger Munns, Department of Health and Human Services spokesman, said the Lawton family has what the department calls a "child welfare history." This means someone has reported suspicions of child abuse or neglect to DHHS investigators, he said.

However, Munns said he was not allowed to say how many times anyone called, what specifically the allegations were or if any allegation was found to be credible.

The couple was arrested earlier this month after their 12-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son told authorities they had been locked in an upstairs room for hours without food or water. According to court documents, the girl pried back a plywood window covering, slid to the ground on a lightning rod cable and then freed her brother from the four-seasons porch.

They went to a nearby house, where neighbors called police.

According to documents attached to a search warrant request filed after neighbors called police, rural Lawton resident Paula Ludwig told police in a written statement that an 8-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl arrived Aug. 8 at her 140th Street residence pulling a sled filled with their belongings.

She said the children said told her they were running away from home because they were being abused. The older girl asked to call her grandmother, Ludwig wrote, "who hasn't seen them for 1-2 years as she had tried to turn them in for abuse before."

The girl also said the children weren't going back to Lawton-Bronson Community School District this year because employees had turned the parents in for suspected child abuse, Ludwig wrote.

Paula Ludwig and Terrence Ludwig, who also provided a voluntary statement to police, wrote they observed bruises on the 12-year-old's lower leg and ear.

According to court documents, authorities executed a search warrant found the glass jar the children said they used to dispose of human waste. They also seized two belts and a wooden door at the 140th Street residence.

Story

This is not your "normal" go to your room scenario.

**Lucy** · August 27th, 2008, 09:32 PM

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/arti...b1008339ca.txt

Roger Munns, Department of Health and Human Services spokesman, said the Lawton family has what the department calls a "child welfare history." This means someone has reported suspicions of child abuse or neglect to DHHS investigators, he said.

However, Munns said he was not allowed to say how many times anyone called, what specifically the allegations were or if any allegation was found to be credible.

The girl also said the children weren't going back to Lawton-Bronson Community School District this year because employees had turned the parents in for suspected child abuse, Ludwig wrote.

Paula Ludwig and Terrence Ludwig, who also provided a voluntary statement to police, wrote they observed bruises on the 12-year-old's lower leg and ear.

According to court documents, authorities executed a search warrant found the glass jar the children said they used to dispose of human waste. They also seized two belts and a wooden door at the 140th Street residence

**ImmortalOne** · August 27th, 2008, 11:32 PM

It sounds like this situation is a little clouded... DHS will continue to show up at a house repeatedly, no matter what. They have to by their laws (at least here in Michigan). It sounds as though someone is trying to get back at someone here. Grandma feeding the kids some kind of BS or something else. This is still not sitting with me right.

**lapsus.lingua** · August 28th, 2008, 10:44 PM

Sending them to their room is one thing. Locking them in is another. What if there had been a fire?
Bad. Bad.

**SoUncool** · October 2nd, 2008, 07:42 PM

http://www.kcautv.com/Global/story.a...&nav=menu110_2

The dad is requesting a change of venue. Both are pleading NOT guilty and their court dates are set for November.

A Lawton father facing charges for locking his children in a room without food or water for more than a day is requesting a change of venue for his trial.

Authorities say Greg and Kimberly Jolley locked their 8 year-old son and 12-year-old daughter in a 2nd floor room in this Lawton home in August.

The 2 now face charges of Child Neglect.

Greg Jolley is also accused of hitting both the children with a belt.

Greg has requested a change of venue for the trial, claiming there is prejudice in Woodbury County that would result in an unfair and impartial trial.

No change of venue paperwork has been filed for Kimberly's case.

Both are pleading not guilty and are set to be in court in November.

**Lucy** · October 3rd, 2008, 02:10 PM

Ya I think the fact that they are accused of locking them in their room without food or water for a more than a day and beating them with a belt should clear up any clouding. Thanks for the update SoUncool!

**SilliMari** · October 3rd, 2008, 02:18 PM

Bruising an ear just can't be explained away. You'd have to hit this child upside the head pretty damn hard.

Assfucks!

**SoUncool** · December 31st, 2008, 11:30 AM

First he wants a change of venue, now he wants to change his plea to a lesser charge...

http://www.kcautv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9595530

Court papers for a plea agreement have been filed for a Siouxland man accused of locking his two children in a room without food or water.

Greg Jolley, 42, was originally charged with two counts of child neglect and child endangerment.

He's accused of hitting his 12 year-old daughter and 8 year-old son, and locking them in a second story room in their Lawton, Iowa home in August.

Court papers filed show his intention to change his plea to guilty on lesser charges.

He would only be convicted of the child endangerment charges, but would still face up to 10 years behind bars.

His change of plea hearing and sentencing is set for January 12th.

**Jessiesgirl1108** · January 13th, 2009, 09:52 AM

It's 10 years behind bars for a Siouxland man accused of locking his children in a room without any food or water.

42 year old Greg Jolley originally pleaded not guilty to two counts of child endangerment causing bodily injury.

He's accused of hitting his 12 year old daughter and eight year old son and locking them in a second story room without food, water or a bathroom in their Lawton, Iowa home last summer.

Jolley's wife Kim was sentenced to 15 years behind bars for the same crime.

Taking the stand was Jolley's 12 year old daughter who read her victim impact statement.

In order to keep her identity safe we are unable to disclose her name to the public.

"Dad, shame on you for what you have done to my little brother and me. It was hard being in that locked room. You slapped me so hard I had bruises inside and around my ear. You and Kim beat my little brother so bad with belts he had cuts on his bottom. I thank God for the strength he game me that day I climbed out the window and slid down."

Following Greg Jolley's plea the judge sentenced him immediately to five years for each count served.

Both class D felonies.

Those sentences will run consecutively
http://www.kcautv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9658254

**moonlilly1981** · January 13th, 2009, 11:57 AM

Im glad the little girl was smart enough to find a way out when she did. This story could have turned into another starved dead child(ren).

**Silvahalo** · January 13th, 2009, 01:31 PM

They both look like complete losers. It's a scary world out there. You know its bad when your kids seriously would rather run away from home into the unknown world.

I hope these two are placed in grandma's home...I hope it is a loving place to grow.