ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A St. Petersburg couple was arrested and charged with neglect after police say they found a man with intellectual disabilities in their care living in squalor, according to a release from the St. Petersburg Police Department.
Officers said the Florida Department of Children and Families contacted the department for help investigating the case of a 22-year-old man who is non-verbal and has an intellectual disability.
When the man was found, his living conditions were deplorable, the release said. He was living behind a home in St. Pete.
He was reportedly being forced to sleep outside and was allowed to stay in a makeshift hut in the backyard. He wasn't allowed inside the house. It was clear the man hadn't bathed in a while and he was covered in feces, police said.
The 22-year-old's caretaker, 56-year-old Jeffeth Garvey was arrested and charged with neglect of a disabled adult. His live-in girlfriend, 59-year-old Antoinette Mundy was also charged with neglect of a disabled adult.
Police said they are not releasing where in St. Petersburg this happened or the relationship between Garvey and Mundy and the 22-year-old man, citing Florida statutes.
