TOLEDO, Ohio — A man accused of keeping his four children in "atrocious and inhumane living conditions" at a west Toledo apartment was convicted Monday on child endangerment charges.
Jason Baran, 42, pleaded no contest to three counts of endangering children in Toledo Municipal Court. His bond was continued at $30,000 total and he is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 29.
The mother of the children, Maryann Baran, 40, is also charged with endangering children. Her case has been continued until Oct. 21.
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.
