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‘Deplorable conditions’ in apartment lead to felony charge against Williamsport woman

When city police walked into Beth Ann Gosnay’s apartment at 412 Third Ave., Williamsport, on Sunday afternoon, they found it to be in “deplorable condition,” according to an affidavit. In the home were three children ranging in ages 3-months to 2 years old. The 3-month-old was in a crib swing in a bedroom, and “there were piles of trash surrounding the crib. The trash was moldy and had clearly been there for an extended period of time. There were numerous different kinds of bugs crawling and flying around the trash and the crib,” it was stated in the court document. “The living room was in a similar state as the bedroom,” an officer said in the affidavit. “There were many used diapers littering not only the living room, but also the hallway and other rooms,” the officer said. Gosnay, 41, told police “that she had recently cleaned the apartment,” it was stated in the court document. Officers had been called to the home to investigate a disturbance. The children were placed in the protective custody of the county’s Children and Youth Department. Arraigned before District Judge William Solomon on a felony charge of endangering the welfare of children, Gosnay was jailed in lieu of $15,000 bail.

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