ERIE — Police say a 14-year-old boy with mental problems was locked in a filthy room with boarded-up windows, fed once a day and allowed out just three times a day.
The Greeley Tribune reported on its website Thursday that the boy’s mother and boyfriend were arrested last month after a neighbor told police he found the frightened child hiding under his porch.
The boy’s mother, Amanda Jolliff, 36, faces misdemeanor charges of false imprisonment, child abuse and neglect. Her boyfriend, Richard Smith, 31, faces a felony charge of false imprisonment and misdemeanor charges of child abuse and neglect, prosecutors said.
A spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office said prosecutors are considering refiling felony charges against Jolliff.
No phone number could be found for Jolliff or Smith.
According to the police affidavit, the boy — who was described by his mother as developmentally delayed — said he was “locked up for most of every day.”
Jolliff and Smith were being held in the Weld County jail with bail set at $20,000 each. The Associated Press
