A Pleasant Gap man has been sentenced to jail time this week for having what authorities have called deplorable and dangerous living conditions for three children he was helping to raise.
Ryan Diricco was sentenced on Monday in a Centre County court, according to WJAC. The charges stem from an incident earlier this year when the police were called for a welfare check on his home, where he was living with a woman and three children, one of whom was younger than six.
According to WJAC, police and agents from Centre County Children and Youth Services found broken glass, razor blades, rotted food and generally filthy conditions inside the home, as well as drugs and drug paraphernalia out in the open.
In court, Diricco told the judge that the police statement was false. He pleaded no contest to three misdemeanor counrts of endangering the welfare of children and was sentenced to between six and 23 and a half months of additional jail time.
Diricco was already on probation for DUI charges while children were in the vehicle.
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