Day care owner in Texas arrested for locking children in back yard storage

Authorities in Sealy, Texas closed a day care center yesterday after children were found hidden all over the property.

A licensing inspector called police on Wednesday after they found children hidden all over the property, officials confirmed

During a search of the property, police found 14 children between the ages of 6 months and 4 years locked in a back yard shed and others hidden in closets.

According to reports, six unsupervised infants were found in a locked storage shed surrounding by hazardous materials, including gas cans, lawnmowers and insecticides.

Day car owner Marietta Patek was arrested and charged with six counts of endangering a child, and her husband Eddie, was arrested for tampering with evidence after he tried to hide some of the children at a neighbor’s house.