Two Sarasota parents facing child neglect charges after an anonymous tip was sent to Sarasota police about their child being in danger.
Police said on Sept. 5, around 1:30 p.m., officers and Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) responded to a home on 24th Street to do a welfare check on a five-year-old girl. When they arrived, they found Crystal Kates, 37, and Torrance Boles, 50, under a tent, drinking beer without their child with them, according to police.
Authorities said when they went inside the home, they found the girl alone in a room with a baby gate blocking the bedroom door. The girl’s hair was matted with debris and food, and she was wearing a “heavily soiled” diaper. She was also unable to speak…