KEARNS, Utah (Scripps News Salt Lake City) — Two parents in Utah have been arrested on a child abuse charge after allegedly locking up their 13-year-old son in a makeshift cell, oftentimes for up to 24 hours.
Travis Peterson, 49, and Melissa Gray, 42, were both arrested Tuesday on one count of Aggravated Child Abuse, while Gray faces an additional charge of Child Abuse with Injury.
Police responded to the Kearns home of Peterson and Gray after a report of a child locked in a cell. When officers arrived, they found the 13-year-old inside an alcove under the stairs with padlocked gates that did not allow the boy to get out…