This is absolutely disgusting! A Volusia, Florida couple was arrested after their disabled 15-year-old daughter arrived to school wearing dirty clothes and has cockroaches crawling out of her backpack. The teens mother and her fiancé were arrested for child neglect but the mom has since bonded out.

Couple Arrested After Mute Child Arrives With Roaches In Backpack:

The 15-year-old daughter is deaf and mute, went to school with multiple cockroaches in and outside of her backpack and wearing dirty clothes. After the teacher saw what condition the girl showed up to school in they alerted authorities. In total there’s a four children who live in the home varying ages 16, 15, 10 and 8. A neighbor said, “That’s very sad. I really don’t know what’s going in the house. I’ve never been in the house.”

When police arrived they took several pictures inside the child’s home and saw some disgusting things. They saw the house was in complete disarray! The inside of the house had mold, trash, dirty clothes and cockroaches crawling everywhere. The bottom of the refrigerator had standing water, mold and roaches where they kept any fresh food. The children’s bedroom had dirty sheets and roaches plus other bugs crawling on the beds. The couple also had multiple animals in the house, including two huge dogs. There was dog feces all over the floor and carpet. Police also discovered that the air conditioner was broken and not working making it 85 degrees in the house.

The arrest report pulled from WESH said that, “DCF has been to the family’s residence multiple times in the past due to potential unsuitable living conditions, including chronic head lice.” The 15-year-old was who is profoundly deaf can only use sign language to communicate but no one in the house knew how to communicate with her. This is why the couple was arrested arrested! For all these abusive things and the horrible living conditions.

9 New Scam Phone Numbers You MUST Block Immediately

Sick of picking up your phone only to discover it’s another scam call? Then blocking these 9 scam numbers can help immediately and bring you a sense of relief. A company called BeenVerified has report that over 150,000 suspicious phone numbers in the past two years and they’ve narrowed it down to these nine spam and scam numbers. These numbers also lead to hundreds of complaints or more. Most of the scam numbers also fire off scam text messages to trick unsuspecting victims into clicking links.

Scams going around Florida:

Another scam that’s going around right now is having a police officer offer call you claiming you missed federal jury duty. Good thing about this scam is you can easily Google the number to check your juror duty status. Make sure you ask several questions if someone is calling you saying this information. They might come off as knowledgeable, but you can trip them up if you know what you’re talking about.

Scams in Tampa, come in various forms and target many different individuals. It is important for you to be aware and protect yourself from thieves and finances. There’s been multiple scams reported in Florida recently including email scams, phone, home improvement, fake charity and even rental scams. The home improvement scams will be someone offering services to fix your roof, driveway, or landscaping at incredibly low prices. Usually, they want payment first and then either perform subpar work or completely disappear.

Make sure you protect yourself by being cautious. Don’t be so quick to share personal information, and always research before handing over your information. Make sure it’s a legit business and charity using reputable platforms for financial transactions. Additionally, if there is any suspicious activities, call your local law enforcement to notify them of new scams in Tampa.

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#1 - (865) 630-4266 — WellsFargo Account Notice
This is the top scam that’s an automated text message warning victims that their Wells Fargo bank account had been temporarily locked. The scammers want you to call their fake number to give up their personal account information.

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#2 - (858) 605-9622 — [Bank Account Number] 'Temporarily ON HOLD!'
This is very similar to the previous one where they will spam out a text message: ‘[Bank name]: ACCNT #5674 temporarily ON HOLD! Your security is our priority. Call now: (858) 605-9622 (Do Not Disregard!)’ They’re trying to scare you in order to see get personal information.

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#3 - (904) 495-2559 — 'AT&T Free Msg: Congrats to [number]!'
Look out for this text message ‘ATT Free Msg: Congrats to 2 lucky users! Today’s winners of our raffle are: Tim N***** and you, (Name)!’ These give false promises that you’ll get lottery cash and prizes.

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#4 - (805) 637-7243 — Congrats! Won Publisher's Clearing House!
These scammers claim to be from Publisher’s Clearing House. They claim that an unpaid bill may result in freezing of their assets.

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#5 - (469) 709-7630 — 'Failed delivery attempt for [tracking number].'
This scam will make you feel like something had genuinely gone wrong with a real shipment. They will you for the last two digits of your SSN for verification. Just get off the phone because it’s a scam.

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# 6 - (863) 532-7969 — 'Debit Card Frozen! Call!'
This one is betting on that fact that you have a debit card. They’ll say everything is frozen and need your information to correct it.

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#7 - (917) 540-7996 — 'Do you like scary movies?' marketing for 'Scream VI'
These complaints were filed from March 2023 in a scary voice message from the Scream movies from an unknown number. In the message it begins, ‘Is this [user’s name]? Oh good! It’s funny how you can see someone’s true character when they are alone. Or at least when they think they’re alone. I have one question for you, [user’s name]. Guess where I’m hiding?’

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# 8 - (312) 339-1227 — 'Lose weight!' or 'Track your package'
These scams are using weight-loss products for a delivery scam. Again, these scams are looking for and need your information.

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# 9 - (202) 221-7923 — 'Student loan forgiveness. Call Kelsey'
This phone messages will allegedly be from a ‘Kelsey Adams’ about a deadline for student-loan forgiveness. They need you to act or your deadline will be missed.

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