Police: Mother, Boyfriend Arrested For Child Endangerment

Around 10:30 a.m. Thursday, a Whitley County deputy was dispatched to Hemlock Road. According to a concerned caller, an unclothed three-year-old girl and partially clothed one-year-old boy were playing on and around the road unsupervised.

The sheriff’s office said the deputy found the girl playing on the road and the boy beside the road. Each was found as described by the concerned caller.

Deputies said he knocked on the residence’s door several times before the children’s mother answered. Brittany G. Powers, 24, said she and her boyfriend, Michael Adam Rickett, 32, had been asleep inside the home.

Deputies said a social services representative was contacted to assist in the investigation. The two children were transferred into the custody of family member.

Powers and Rickett were arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a minor.