Boy who came to elementary school with cockroaches in his backpack was covered in bug bites: Police

The parents of 2 West Virginia children are down bars aft constabulary said they sent the children to school with cockroaches successful 1 of their backpacks.

Dwayne Hickman, 37, and Dorothy Hickman, 29, were each charged with 2 counts of gross child neglect aft constabulary said they were contacted connected Feb. 10 by the simple schoolhouse the Hickmans' children attended. According to a transgression ailment obtained by section ABC affiliate WBOY, a unit subordinate astatine the Doddridge County Early Learning Academy successful West Union, a municipality astir 30 miles westbound of the state's borderline with Ohio, became acrophobic astir the well-being of the Hickmans' 2 children aft finding cockroaches successful 1 of their backpacks.

Police said the unit members noticed bug bites connected the "face, hands, and bottom" of the Hickmans' son.

Local CBS affiliate WDTV reported that according to police, the Hickmans' girl asked her teacher if she could lavation her apparel for her, saying they were "very dirty."

Deputies from the Doddridge County Sheriff's Office referred the Hickmans' lawsuit to Child Protective Services (CPS), which sent a typical to inspect the household home. After a CPS worker notified constabulary astir the "extreme deplorable surviving conditions" astatine the Hickmans' home, some children were removed from the parents' custody and are present successful the attraction of CPS.

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Dwayne Hickman and Dorothy Hickman were each charged with 2 counts of gross neglect of a kid creating a important hazard of decease oregon superior bodily wounded and arrested connected Feb. 12. During their archetypal tribunal appearance, they some pleaded not guilty. A justice acceptable their bail astatine $20,000.

Both Hickmans are inactive successful custody astatine the North Central Regional Jail. They are scheduled for preliminary hearings connected Feb. 18.