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2 Children Removed From Roach-Filled Home

Filth Found After Domestic Violence Call

POSTED: 10:43 am EST November 6, 2009
UPDATED: 11:00 am EST November 6, 2009

Two children were removed from a South Carolina home that deputies said they found infested with roaches, and their parents have been charged with neglect.

Spartanburg County deputies were responding to a domestic disturbance call at a mobile home in Greer when they saw roaches crawling everywhere, including inside the refrigerator. They said that there was a bunch of clothes in bathtub with mold growing on them. They said a laundry basket full of clothes also had mold growing on them.

Amy Coleman told deputies that her boyfriend had beaten her with a baseball bat. Coleman told police she fought Jeffrey Booker off with a sword and ran to a neighbor's house with one of her two sons.

Both children were placed in emergency custody and taken to a shelter.

Booker has been charged with domestic violence, and he and Coleman are both facing child neglect charges.

Booker was being held at the Spartanburg County Detention Center on $15,000 bond. Coleman was being held on $10,000 bond.

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