TEXAS — (Video below) — Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is investigating child abuse allegations involving multiple children at a home in northeast Bexar County.
On Thursday, around 11:45 p.m., BCSO deputies were called to a house on the 8100 block of Chipping. A caller told dispatchers a child could be heard crying in the backyard for a long period of time. When deputies arrived, they found two toddlers in the backyard.
One of the toddlers was chained to the ground; the other was tied to a door with a dog leash.
Deputies set both children free.
They were then transported to The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio where they are currently being treated for a variety of issues.
Inside the home Deputies found six children, ranging in age from 10 months to 13-years-old. All of the children were without adult supervision.
Early this morning parents of the six children returned to the house. Both were taken into custody.
UPDATE – BCSO Investigators arrested the mother of the six children who were found inside the home. It’s believed she was responsible for the care of the two children who were found tied up outside. She’s identified as Porucha Phillips. She’s at the Bexar County Magistrate’s Office facing charges of Injury to a Child by Omission with Serious Bodily Injury and Injury to a Child by Omission with Bodily Injury.
