STOREY COUNTY, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — A Storey County woman pled guilty to child abuse charges for locking her then 14-year-old grandson in a small room for a year-and-a-half.
Nancy Hinds pled guilty at an arraignment on Sept. 19.
Hinds and her daughter, Tammy Hinds, were arrested on May 6 after a welfare tip led investigators to their Gold Hill home near Virginia City. Authorities discovered the boy confined in a small room over the garage without access to a bathroom or basic necessities. The boy had to relieve himself in a bucket. A deputy reported in legal documents, “As I approached the room, I detected a strong odor of human urine and waste.”…