Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace, breaking crime news now.

Pennsylvania cops respond to a restrained child call and find an 11-year-old boy handcuffed to an oil tank in the basement of his home.

The boy tells police, anytime his mom leaves him home alone, she restrains him or locks him in a closet.

Mom, Chasity Candelario, admits, quote,

she has a hard time controlling her children while she's away at work.

So she restrains them.

Nancy, it's unclear how many children live in the home and if they were subjected to the same

abuse.

Lebanon County District Attorney Pierre Hess Graf commented on the case,

quote,

There's a difference between respect for authority and disciplining your child and abuse.

This is abuse.

Leaving a kid from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. chained, handcuffed, is absolutely horrifying.

I can't imagine being that little boy and thinking this one person on earth who is supposed to love me and care for me and protect me.

This is what she thinks is appropriate to do to me.

Candelario was taken into custody and is now held at the Lebanon County Jail on a $100,000 bond.

Chasdy Candelario, 33, charged with false imprisonment, unlawful restraint,

and endangering welfare of a child. How about aggravated child abuse?

Tyler Strach refuses to accept that his casual girlfriend ended the relationship.

He buys and installs a tracker on her car, hoping to,

coincidentally run into her. Several years after the breakup, the woman discovers the tracker

and immediately calls police. Florida cops link Strat to the tracker through Best Buy

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