NJ Couple Accused Of Chaining Up Sexually Abused Teen In Bathroom, Forcing Her To Live Inside Dog Crate

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A Gloucester Township man and woman have been arrested and charged for confining and abusing a child who lived in their home for several years, reported Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Gloucester Township Police Chief David Harkins.

On Saturday, May 10, 2025, the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and Gloucester Township Police Department were notified of an 18-year-old female who reported she had been held captive in her home for several years, and was the victim of sexual abuse.

During the investigation, the victim advised detectives that Brenda Spencer, 38, and Branndon Mosley, 41, had been abusing her since approximately 2018. Around that time, she was removed from school in the sixth grade at Spencer’s discretion and confined to her home. She stated that shortly after this, she was forced to live in a dog crate for approximately one year and was let out periodically.

The victim advised she was later forced to live in a padlocked bathroom while being chained up. She stated that she would be let out of the bathroom when family visited the residence. At other times, she was forced to live in a bare room with just a bucket to use instead of a toilet. She explained the bare room had an alarm system that would alert Spencer and Mosley if she tried to leave. She also reported being beaten with a belt as well as being sexually abused by Mosley.

The abuse occurred for years until she escaped the residence on Thursday, May 8, 2025, and was assisted by a neighbor. She later disclosed the abuse, which was reported to law enforcement.

Detectives searched the residence and found that the victim was subjected to living in squalid conditions alongside numerous dogs, chinchillas, and other animals. Detectives learned that a 13-year-old who also lived in the home was removed from school years earlier at Spencer’s discretion as well. Both girls were allegedly homeschooled.

Spencer and Mosley were both charged on May 11, 2025, with the following offenses:

· 1st-degree Kidnapping (one count)

· 2nd-degree Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping (one count)

· 2nd-degree Aggravated Assault (one count)

· 2nd-degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child – Abuse/Neglect (five counts)

· 3rd-degree Criminal Restraint (one count)

· 3rd-degree Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon (one count)

· 3rd-degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose (one count)

· 4th-degree Unlawful Possession of a Weapon (one count)

Mosley was also charged with the following additional offenses:

· 1st-degree Aggravated Sexual Assault (two counts)

· 2nd-degree Sexual Assault (two counts)

· 2nd-degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child - Sexual Contact (one count)

Spencer, who was not employed, and Mosley, who worked for SEPTA as a train conductor, were taken into custody at their residence in Gloucester Township on May 11, 2025.

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The New Jersey train conductor just busted for allegedly horribly abusing a girl for years had been hailed for job heroics in February, it emerged — along with new details about her escape.

Branndon Mosley, 41, was heralded for his actions during a Feb. 6 SEPTA train fire — weeks before he and his girlfriend were charged May 11 with confining and abusing the girl, who was 11 when the torture started and is now 18, according to a report.

The child was forced to live in a dog crate for a year and at one point had only a bucket for a toilet in the couple’s “squalid” animal-filled home, Camden County prosecutors said.

The sickening allegations surfaced just weeks after Mosley jumped into action when a train traveling from west Trenton, NJ, to Newark, Del., caught on fire near the Crum Lynne Station in Pennsylvania in February, Fox 29 reported.

All 325 passengers and four crew members on board evacuated safely, officials said.

Mosley was honored by SEPTA for his actions in the incident, with Fox 29 obtaining a photo of the emotionless conductor holding up a framed certificate.

SEPTA did not immediately return an email or call seeking comment Sunday.

The alleged abuser has been with the transit agency for 18 years and has since been taken off duty, a SEPTA spokesperson told the station.

New Jersey train conductor who allegedly tormented girl for years had been honored at job weeks earlier

“She said they kept her in the dog crate. It was horrific, it was disgraceful,” said a next-door neighbor who helped rescue the child.

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