NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) – A preliminary hearing has been set for four North Platte residents charged with child abuse and false imprisonment after police found two young boys locked in a dog kennel in their home. 

Court records show that 22-year-old Ashly Clark, 25-year-old Bryson Eyten, 24-year-old Samantha Eyten and 20-year-old Lacy Beyer declined to waive their preliminary hearings during a Lincoln County Court appearance on Thursday. Contested preliminary hearings for the four have been set for Nov. 10. 

The four were arrested late Monday after police found the boys, ages 3 and 5, in a 30-by-42-inch wire kennel inside a filthy trailer home. Police say the boys’ mother, Clark, told officers she put the boys in the kennel at night to keep them from climbing out of a window.