'Eating too many hot dogs': Mom locked 11-year-old son to fuel tank for nearly 17 hours 'with handcuffs' as punishment, leading to prison sentence

A ma successful Pennsylvania who couldn't power her 11-year-old lad oregon his eating habits portion she was astatine enactment — starring to her locking the lad to a substance tank and different things for hours connected extremity — is headed to situation aft she pleaded nary contention to aggregate charges.

Chazzity Candelario, of North Lebanon Township, was facing felony charges of unlawful restraint of a minor and mendacious imprisonment of a minor, arsenic good arsenic a misdemeanor complaint of endangering the payment of children, for the alleged abuse. She pleaded nary contention to the charges successful November and was sentenced Wednesday to service 16 months to 5 years successful a authorities prison, section NBC affiliate WGAL reports.

Prosecutors said successful tribunal that Candelario, who was 33 astatine the clip of her arrest, restrained her lad connected 1 juncture for 17 hours aft "eating excessively galore blistery dogs," according to WGAL.

"No mode … should that person happened," Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas Judge Charles Jones told Candelario astatine her sentencing, according to the Lebanon Daily News.

"You've got to bash immoderate you tin to marque it up to your children for having that happen," Jones said.

Police officers were dispatched to Candelario's location astatine 680 East Kercher Avenue connected Jan. 11, 2025, for an 11-year-old lad that was "restrained with handcuffs," the Lebanon County Regional Police reported online. "An probe revealed the juvenile's parent … had restrained the juvenile to an lipid vessel successful the basement utilizing handcuffs," constabulary said.

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Officers arrived connected the country and spoke with her children portion Candelario was distant astatine work. The kids directed an serviceman to a bedroom, wherever her lad was handcuffed to the railing of a apical bunk bed.

The lad told cops helium was initially locked up successful the basement but managed to escape. While free, prosecutors said helium accidentally handcuffed himself to the bed.

Authorities contacted Candelario, who allegedly ordered them to not talk with her children until aft she got backmost to the residence. Once there, she told constabulary that she had occupation controlling her lad portion helium was location and she was working, truthful Candelario started locking him up successful a 3 feet by 8 feet inferior country and handcuffing him to the lipid tank. The lad told investigators that helium would typically beryllium restrained for up hours astatine a clip portion his ma was distant astatine enactment — sometimes to a "post," according to police.

Candelario was besides arrested successful 2017 for endangering the payment of children, possession of marijuana and possession of cause paraphernalia successful transportation with an incidental involving her kids, according to the Lebanon Daily News.

For that arrest, Candelario was charged alongside her partner, John Zayas, who tin beryllium seen connected her Facebook page posing successful photos with her and her kids. He was besides charged with endangering the payment of children, possession of marijuana and possession of cause paraphernalia.

Candelario posts photos and statuses regularly connected Facebook with her kids featured oregon mentioned.

A postulation of Halloween pics from 2021 shows her children dressed up arsenic kids from The Addams Family, with a photograph showing 1 of her sons donning fake handcuffs.

"She's been precise sorry, precise remorseful passim the clip I've represented her," Candelario's lawyer said successful tribunal astatine her sentencing. Candelario declined to speak.

"As a mother, the defendant's sole work is to attraction for, love, and support her children much than anyone other successful this world," Lebanon District Attorney Pier Hess Graf told the Daily News aft Candelario was sentenced. "This suspect alternatively chained her children up to endure astatine her ain manus and taxable to her ain evil will."