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<p>PITTSTON &#8212; A father endangered his two children by residing at a residence filled with trash and cat feces earlier this year, according to court records.</p><p>Joshua Stein, 35, of Tompkins Street, Pittston, was arraigned Wednesday in Luzerne County Central Court after city officials found his house had a large amount of household trash and cat feces.</p><p>The house was inspected after a school official at Pittston Area notified authorities after talking with Stein&#8217;s 9-year-old son.</p><p>Stein&#8217;s girlfriend, Rosaria Helyn Deangelo, 34, is also facing charges.</p><p>According to a criminal complaint:</p><p>A school official told police she spoke with the boy after he returned to school Feb. 14 after an absence. The boy claimed he was &#8220;very sad&#8221; because of &#8220;family issues&#8221; going on at his home.</p><p>The boy told the school official he lives with his father, his father&#8217;s girlfriend, a baby and four homeless men who slept in the basement. The boy said the homeless men used buckets for a bathroom.</p><p>The school official said the boy told her there was no heat in the house, little food, and cat feces on floors of the home. The boy often wore his father&#8217;s clothes to school, and his father and Deangelo would walk to a Laundromat when his clothes became extremely dirty.</p><p>Police inspected the exterior of the property, noticing an accumulation of household garage.</p><p>An inspection with the landlord took place Feb. 16. Officials had to crawl over household garbage once they entered a side door and had to navigate when walking to avoid cat feces.</p><p>Stein and Deangelo were found in a bed with their infant.</p><p>The city&#8217;s code enforcement office condemned the house as unfit for habitation.</p><p>Stein was arraigned b</p><p>y District Judge Joseph Zola on two counts of endangering the welfare of children. He was jailed at the county lockup for lack of $35,000 bail.</p><p>Deangelo was also charged</p><p> with two counts of child endangerment. She has not been arraigned.</p><p>Court records show she is jailed on $25,000 bail for an alleged knife robbery at CVS Pharmacy in Pittston on June 7.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Father, girlfriend charged with child endangerment for trash-filled Pittston home