Sentenced: Man Calls Home With 5 Children Living In Urine, Fuzzy Fecal Matter & Rotting Food ‘A little Dirty’

[Sugar Cookie]

Florida deputies arrested a 39-year-old father after they allegedly found his five children — including three under 10 — living in “deplorable conditions” in a home littered with feces, urine and rotting food.

The deputy could see trash and discarded food through the window, according to a police press release. Carter reportedly said he left the garage door open and the boy, 2, had only been out of the home for a few minutes. The deputy asked if he could look around the home and Carter obliged, the probable cause affidavit said. He told deputies the five kids — ages 2, 4, 8, 15, and 16 — lived in the home with him, the kids’ mother and a roommate.

“Upon entering the kitchen, I was met with a strong putrid and malodorous odor,” the deputy wrote in the affidavit.

The kitchen reportedly was in “complete disarray” with dirty dishes, roaches, flies and discarded food. Cops also noted “several clumps of fuzzy fecal matter” littered the laundry room, indicating it was several days old, deputies said. There were dirty clothes, garbage and urine in the master bedroom where the younger children slept along with two beds and blankets on the dirty floor, according to the affidavit. In the closet, fecal matter covered the ground surrounded by flies, deputies noted.

To make matters worse, deputies reportedly found power tools, a BB gun and a marijuana pipe in the garage, all within reach of the children. Deputies spoke with the roommate who lived in the home for two years and allegedly said the conditions were “frowned upon.” Carter reportedly told deputies that the home was “a little dirty.”

Deputies arrested Carter on a charge of child neglect without great bodily harm. He also allegedly resisted arrest, deputies say, before they took him to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility where he has since posted bond. Detectives also contacted the Florida Department of Children and Families.

This was not the first time deputies responded to the home. Cops have been there 16 times since January 2023 including a call in March 2023 about a child wandering the street alone, the press release said. In December, Carter called the fire department after one of his children had a seizure from eating marijuana, police said.

“Five children, three under the age of 10, living in deplorable conditions with an adult who obviously doesn’t care about these children,” Sheriff Rick Staly said in a statement. “On top of it all, FCSO has a history with this guy, in one case a child ate marijuana and had a seizure while under this man’s care. Hopefully, this time DCF will take serious action to turn the homelife around for these children, the least of which is to learn how to be a parent and clean up his house.

Father calls home with children living in urine, mold and rotting food 'a little dirty': Cops

The kitchen was in "disarray" with dirty dishes, roaches and discarded food. Cops also noted "several clumps of fuzzy fecal matter" littered the laundry room, indicating it was several days old.

lawandcrime.com

 

[BuffettGirl]

Flagler County, it's no surprise I'm told...

 

[Sugar Cookie]

It's Florida no surprise.

 

[runninfawn]

there were 3 adults and two teens old enough to pitch in to clean and keep the house clean... even the 8 years old could take out trash, wash, dry or even put away dishes, help the smaller one put their toys away etc...and wow what kind of a roomate would put up with this mess and even call it "a little dirty" ... smh ...

 

[Symmachus]

This was not the first time deputies responded to the home. Cops have been there 16 times since January 2023...

Those are quite a lot of times to be called to one household. In such a timespan, that is way too close to once a month. Maybe the heads of the household aren't doing something right if that is the case.

 

[cubby]

At 10yo I was ironing clothes, washing dishes and folding washed laundry and putting it away, I was in the 4th grade. Yeah I wouldn't trust a older kid with an iron these days. Kids don't clean up because their parents don't care if anything is clean because the parents don't know how to clean, it's a vicious circle.

I'm sure there was more I was doing because that's just how my mother rolled, just those are the ones I particularly remember.

 

[HijabiGirl]

He looks filmy.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Name:	CARTER, NICHOLAS ROBERT

Supervision Begin Date:	12/10/2024
Current Location:	FT. MYERS
Current Status:	ACTIVE
Supervision Type:	PROBATION FELONY
Scheduled Termination Date:	12/09/2027

Current Community Supervision History:​

Offense Date	Offense	Sentence Date	County	Case No.	Community Supervision Length
09/27/2024	CHILD NEGLECT	12/10/2024	FLAGLER	2400973	0Y 36M 0D