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3 arrested after children and adults found in locked U-Haul truck
Posted: Aug 03, 2012 2:51 PM EDT
Updated: Aug 03, 2012 2:52 PM EDT
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Knox County, Tennessee deputies arrested three people after they found five adults and two children locked in the back of their U-Haul truck Thursday afternoon.
According to deputies, a 911 caller told them they saw two children being beaten and then thrown into the back of a U-Haul truck at the Wal-Mart on Walker Springs Road.
Deputies spotted the truck and pulled it over just west of Watt Road at around 1 p.m.
Deputies say there were three men in the front seat and two children, four men and a woman in the back of the locked truck.
The truck was filled with furniture and there was no ventilation, deputies say.
The people inside were sitting on dressers and tables.
The parents of the children were in a separate car and pulled over when officers stopped the truck.
Deputies say the group gave conflicting stories, but all the people claim to be related.
They said they were moving from Steubenville, Ohio to Fort Myers, Florida. All said they were from Steubenville except one man who was from Wheeling, West Virginia.
Twenty-five year old Rocky Ewing, who was driving the truck, is charged with 7 counts of reckless endangerment.
The parents of the two children, 30 year old Joshuwa Jackson and his 30 year old wife, Mary, are charged with 2 counts of child endangerment.
The children were released to the custody of the grandmother who was riding in the back of the truck. The Department of Children's Services has been notified.
The truck was towed because out of all the people not arrested, only the grandmother had a valid driver's license and she didn't want to drive the truck.
3 arrested after children and adults found in locked U-Haul truck
Posted: Aug 03, 2012 2:51 PM EDT
Updated: Aug 03, 2012 2:52 PM EDT
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Knox County, Tennessee deputies arrested three people after they found five adults and two children locked in the back of their U-Haul truck Thursday afternoon.
According to deputies, a 911 caller told them they saw two children being beaten and then thrown into the back of a U-Haul truck at the Wal-Mart on Walker Springs Road.
Deputies spotted the truck and pulled it over just west of Watt Road at around 1 p.m.
Deputies say there were three men in the front seat and two children, four men and a woman in the back of the locked truck.
The truck was filled with furniture and there was no ventilation, deputies say.
The people inside were sitting on dressers and tables.
The parents of the children were in a separate car and pulled over when officers stopped the truck.
Deputies say the group gave conflicting stories, but all the people claim to be related.
They said they were moving from Steubenville, Ohio to Fort Myers, Florida. All said they were from Steubenville except one man who was from Wheeling, West Virginia.
Twenty-five year old Rocky Ewing, who was driving the truck, is charged with 7 counts of reckless endangerment.
The parents of the two children, 30 year old Joshuwa Jackson and his 30 year old wife, Mary, are charged with 2 counts of child endangerment.
The children were released to the custody of the grandmother who was riding in the back of the truck. The Department of Children's Services has been notified.
The truck was towed because out of all the people not arrested, only the grandmother had a valid driver's license and she didn't want to drive the truck.
