TOLEDO, Ohio — Two parents are accused of keeping their four children in "atrocious and inhumane living conditions" at a west Toledo apartment, according to court documents.
Jason Baran, 42, and Maryann Baran, 40, are both charged with endangering children. Jason, who is also charged with obstructing official business and failing to disclose information, was arraigned in Toledo Municipal Court Tuesday morning. Police responded to the home on Saturday.
Maryann, who documents say created "a substantial risk to the health and safety of her children by poor living conditions and no food," is scheduled to be arraigned on Sept. 10.
According to court documents, the children "spoke of molestation, unprovoked and unprompted" and did not have clothes, food, furniture or lighting in the apartment on Douglas Road.
Documents also say the children "were covered from head to toe in dirt, mud, feces, etc.," "flies and gnats surrounded the children as they slept" and one child had circular burn marks on their wrist similar to cigarette burns.
Two of the children were of age to attend school but had never been enrolled, documents say.
Jason, pictured below, pleaded not guilty to the charges and had his bond set at $10,000.
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