News: A Steelton man was arrested on Tuesday after police said they found the home he lived in with his 11 children was full of trash, feces, flies, raw meat and more.
Tyree R. Fluellen, 29, was arrested Tuesday on a warrant issued during the summer after officers and Dauphin County Children and Youth Services made the discovery in the home in the 500 block of North Second Street.
Officers found maggots overflowing in trash cans inside the home, police said. And both the toilets and bathtubs in the home were filled with feces.
Six of the children living in the house contracted Shigella, a bacteria that causes diarrhea and can be present when multiple persons live in close quarters with poor sanitation, according to police.
Fluellen has been charged with six counts of aggravated assault and 11 counts of endangering the welfare of a child.