Couple arrested for keeping young children in makeshift cages, police say

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    "... the investigation began after a 6-year-old told his teacher that he did not want to go home because his dad built a cage to lock him in while his mom worked.


    Couple arrested for keeping young children in makeshift cages, police say


    A couple arrested for allegedly keeping their two children, ages 6 and 2, in makeshift cages were employed by the University of Florida. Dustin Huff, 35, and Yurui Xie, 31, were arrested on Friday on charges of child abuse and child neglect, police said. University of Florida officials confirmed they worked for the university and are on administrative leave. A webpage removed from the university’s website stated Xie, hired full-time in June 2019, worked as the Plant Pathology Department’s safety manager. A removed page for Huff, hired full-time in December 2017, described him as a biological scientist who worked for ...


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    Officers said the couple kept a 6-year-old boy in a cage made out of a wooden bed frame whenever he wasn’t at school, and said there was a second cage for the 2-year-old.


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    University of Florida Scientists Arrested for Allegedly Locking Their Children, Ages 2 and 6, in Cages: Cops

    Two university scientists have been arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse for allegedly imprisoning their children, ages 2 and 6, inside an overturned crib and a wooden cage, authorities said. Dustin Huff, 35, and Yurui Xie, 31, are biological scientists at the Universty of Florida in Gainesville who are now on administrative leave after their arrests, according to college officials. A Gainsville Police Department officer went to the family's home after the 6-year-old boy told his teacher he didn't want to go home because his father had built a cage and locked him inside while his mother worked, police ...


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    Married U. Florida Scientists Charged With Child Abuse After Allegedly Keeping 2 Kids in Cages: Police

    Two married University of Florida scientists are charged with child abuse after authorities say they kept two children in a cage, police say, according to reports. Dustin Huff, 35, and Yurui Xie, 31, were arrested Friday, after a child told a school official he didn’t want to leave school because he didn’t want to be put in a cage, FOX 35, WCJB and USA Today all report, citing authorities. WCJB reports that the children are aged 6 and 2. Citing an arrest report, the outlet reported that the 6-year-old told his teacher Huff had built a cage that he was ...


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