Feb 24 2007

June Candelario Kept Grandson Locked in Dog Kennel

Joel
june-candelario.jpgJune Candelario, 61, of Commerce City, Colo. pleaded guilty to child abuse charges. She kept her grandson locked inside a dog kennel for up to 10 hours a day while she was at work in the evenings.
The grandson told police he had no way to go to the bathroom while he was in the kennel, and was not given any food or water when he was in it. The 5-foot-4-inch 110-pound boy had to lie in a fetal position inside the kenel and was unable to move except for rolling on his side. During the summer the heat inside the cage caused him to vomit.

Arrested last June, Candelario told social services that she thought that keeping the boy in the kennel was better than letting him walk the streets. Candelario’s shift was from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. She opened the kennel to let him out around 3 a.m. when she got home from work. He was kept in the kennel four nights a week. Candelario worked with the sheriff’s office in Golden counseling inmates with emotional problems.

Police believe that the abuse had been going on since the boy’s grandfather died four years ago. A school classmate overheard the boy talk about being locked in the kennel, and told his mom. She then notified authorities.

Candelario had a decent job and couldn’t afford a babysitter or find someone to take the boy four afternoons and evenings a week? Did she ever try to get her shift changed? What the hell was she thinking?

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