Children’s Guardians Arrested For Keeping Children Locked In Windowless Room
When it comes to parenting, you can’t win. If you let your kids eat candy, people will say that you are dooming them to a lifelong struggle with obesity, but if you don’t, then people will say that you are dooming them to a lifetime of anxiety about food. Listening to unsolicited advice about how you should or should not behave toward your kids; you can deal with it by putting on a charming smile while thinking the things that people really mean when they say, “Bless your heart,” or if the unsolicited advice comes out at the dinner table during a family gathering, you can pour yourself another glass of your favorite adulting antidote. Most of the time, no one can compel you to raise your children other than how you see fit. If your ex-spouse disagrees with your parenting choices, the court might intervene, usually to tell you and your ex to mind your business during the other parent’s parenting time. The state only files criminal charges for child endangerment if the children suffer physical harm or if the parents place the children in imminent danger of physical injury. If you are under investigation for child endangerment or facing criminal charges because of it, contact a Pittsburgh criminal defense lawyer.
Pennsylvania Child Endangerment Laws
The crime of child endangerment occurs whenever an adult who has a duty of care to a child breaches that duty of care by putting the child at substantial risk of injury or substantially harming the child’s health. These adults might be members of the child’s household, or they might be professional caregivers such as teachers or daycare providers. It ranges in severity from a misdemeanor to a second-degree felony. The severity of the charge depends on the duration of the endangerment or neglect, the degree of physical harm suffered, and the child’s age; the court upgrades the charges by one degree if the child is younger than six.
In the News
In August 2025, police executed a search warrant at a house in Redstone Township; news reports did not say anything about the events leading up to the issuance of the warrant. They arrested James Kahl, Jr. and Carly Kahl, after they found a windowless room locked from the outside. Inside the room were five children, ranging in age from five to 14. The room was dirty, and it had no food, water, or bathroom access. The police removed the children from the home and placed them in foster care. James, 65, and Carly Kahl, 40, are now facing felony charges for child endangerment. News reports did not say what James and Carly Kahl’s relationship is to each other or to the children.
Contact Gary E. Gerson About Criminal Defense Cases
A criminal defense lawyer can help you if you are facing criminal charges for child neglect or child endangerment. Contact the law offices of Gary E. Gerson in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania about your case.
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