A Bunnell couple was charged with felony child neglect after police found the mother’s children living in a filthy home with no running water, moldy food, cockroaches and feces about the house, according to police.

Michelle Sofia, 38, and her live-in boyfriend Michelle Sofia, 41, were each charged with three counts of felony child neglect without great harm. The couple is also facing charges in a separate incident involving filing a false police report.
They were living in the home at 811 Hymon Circle with Sofia’s three children, 11, 12 and 17. Bunnell Police responded to the home for a trespassing call and found a neighbor involved in an argument with Sofia.

Officers entered the home and described the living conditions as “deplorable.” An officer walked through and described “layers of dirt, piles of soiled clothing, layers of feces and piles of rat droppings throughout the residence,” police said.

Two of the three refrigerators in the home were not working and held only moldy food and bugs. The third mini-refrigerator did not contain food or dairy, just a variety of condiments. Dirty dishes were piled on counters and the stove. Live cockroaches were crawling across the counter and between the dishes, police stated.
London said the children were unable to shower or bathe due to having no water. He said when anyone needed a shower they either went to a nearby county park or to a friend’s house, police said.

The children told officers they had not showered or bathed in two days.
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