Children Found In Home With Two ‘Unresponsive’ Adults: St. Pete Police

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Two people face charges after they were found “unresponsive” in a St. Petersburg home surrounded by drug paraphernalia and with two children, authorities said.

Nathan Larkins, 49, and Cortney Poling, 31, were each charged with two counts of child neglect, the St. Petersburg Police Department said in a news release. Larkins was also charged with child abuse.

Officers found them “unresponsive” when they responded to the home, which “was in deplorable condition with filth, including rot and mold,” police said. There were also cigarette butts on the floor and buckets of urine.

The two were the caregivers of two young children, a 1-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy, who were found in the home.

The children, who were removed from the home, were covered in bug bites and rashes. The boy also had cigarette burns on his chest and arms, police said.