Dominique Cortez Burney
A couple have been charged with child neglect after two small children were found inside a home in East Chattanooga with no running water or electricity.
Arrested were Dominique Cortez Burney, 24, and Samantha Elbonie Caslin-Key, 26.
The arrests were made on Tuesday after officers inspected a residence at 2011 Milne St.
The residence had no appliances and holes in the wall and ceiling.
Electricity was being supplied by running an extension cord through a large hole in the ceiling to an adjacent apartment.
The couple said they had been living there since December.
The children were placed in protective custody.
Ms. Caslin-Key is also facing charges of aggravated burglary, vandalism and domestic assault.
Samantha Elbonie Caslin-Key