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Newark Couple Allgedly Kept Boy Locked In Basement

Newark Police

A Newark couple has been charged with child endangering for allegedly keeping a 6-year-old boy locked up in an unfinished basement for several months. Angel Abram and Joshua Bergeron were arrested after the county children's services agency received a complaint. Prosecutors say the child was routinely locked in a basement when he wasn't in school and was often beaten with a belt. The couple says that was for disciplinary reasons.

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Joshua Bergeron

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.