NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) – Four people charged after police found two boys locked in a dog kennel in their home have pleaded not guilty.
The boys’ mother, Ashly Clark, and three others – Lacy Beyer, Bryson Eyten and Samantha Eyten – are each charged with two counts of felony child abuse and two counts of false imprisonment. The trial date for all four is Jan. 31.
The four were arrested on Oct. 24 after police found two boys, ages 3 and 5, inside a wire dog kennel inside a filthy trailer. Clark told officers she put the boys in the kennel at night to keep them from climbing out a window.