PIQUA — UPDATE @ 10:27 a.m. (Feb. 2):
A woman who called 911 about a boy out in the cold earlier this week told the dispatcher that she could hear him crying for his mom.
The 6-year-old’s mother reportedly had him stand outside as a punishment.
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Piqua police were called around 1:30 a.m. Sunday to a home in the 300 block of Third Street for the boy who had been made to stand in the cold.
“We have a kid that is down the street crying, saying he’s cold and we don’t know where he’s at,” the woman told he dispatcher.
The woman was at the back of a Third Street home when she heard him crying.
“He’s yelling mommy he’s cold,” she said.
The boy also told police his mother’s boyfriend shot him with a BB gun, and Lt. Jerry Fogt said the child had a mark on his leg. He did not require medical attention, the lieutenant said.
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Heather M. Behm and Richard T. Bryant Jr. were arrested at the home.
Behm was arraigned Monday on her 38th birthday in Miami County Municipal Court. She pleaded not guilty to child abuse/endangering; possession of drugs; and tampering with drugs. She posted bond and was released that day from the Miami County Jail. Her next court date is Feb. 6.
Bryant, 42, pleaded not guilty to assault and child endangering during his arraignment on Wednesday in Miami County Municipal Court. He posted bond and was released from jail Wednesday. His next court date is Feb. 27.
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Miami County Children’s Services was called to the home on Sunday and took custody of the boy and another child, Fogt said.
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