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<p>POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) &#8212; State police say a 22-month-old boy was found locked in a makeshift wooden cage, and two younger siblings were also left alone in the same home, leading police to jail their Pennsylvania father on child endangerment charges.</p><p>Troopers from Schuylkill (SKOOL&#8217;-kil) Haven went to the North Manheim Township home of 37-year-old Cecil Kutz on a tip Wednesday afternoon. Police found a 1-year-old boy was in a playpen and a 1-day-old girl was in a baby seat, while the toddler was inside the cage made of plywood and wooden lattice, locked from the outside.</p><p>Police say they arrested Kutz when he returned home. He remained jailed Thursday without an attorney.</p><p>Police say the children&#8217;s mother is hospitalized with complications from the youngest child&#8217;s birth.</p><p>The children were placed in county custody.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">This undated photo provided by the Schuylkill County Prison in Pottsville, Pa., shows Cecil Kutz, charged with endangering the welfare of children and reckless endangerment. Police say Kutz locked his 22-month-old son in a makeshift wooden cage and left the boy home alone with his two younger siblings, including a sister born hours earlier, before his arrest Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at the family's home in North Manheim Township, Pa. (Schuylkill County Prison via AP)</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/web1_AP17138606884853.jpg</photo0><caption0>This undated photo provided by the Schuylkill County Prison in Pottsville, Pa., shows Cecil Kutz, charged with endangering the welfare of children and reckless endangerment. Police say Kutz locked his 22-month-old son in a makeshift wooden cage and left the boy home alone with his two younger siblings, including a sister born hours earlier, before his arrest Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at the family's home in North Manheim Township, Pa. (Schuylkill County Prison via AP)</caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
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Police: Schuylkill Co. dad locked toddler in cage, left day-old baby alone