Siders Family: Deputies Went For A Warrant, Found THIS

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Stories that make you go, this is not a hmm, this is beyond a WTF. I don't know that there's quite words for the cider case, the 16 kids and the horror mutants that were raising them, other than it's like the hills have eyes have come alive.
And I want to say this before we get into this conversation, this is not an isolated incident. Now with these people, not with society in general. If you think the Siders are a one-off or way off, I challenge you to go through specific neighborhoods, or specific areas, or specific cities, or almost any city in the United States. And I would venture to guess you're going to find these folks in their hives of horror everywhere you want to be or don't want to be. And because of that not wanting to be, it's that we don't talk about it. We don't share. We don't say anything. We let live and we let, you know, just live and let live. What could go wrong? It's their rights. It's their bull f***ing s**t.
Well, they want to live in squalor. They don't have money to do this. Yeah, money. You don't take money.
To not live in squalor. In fact, it would be actually the opposite. You could live very, be very, very frugal and very, very poor and not live in these types of conditions. I've been very, very poor before. Maybe many of you have as well. And you know, money ain't the fricking answer to this question. It ain't a question of money. It's a question of what do we accept in a society and what do we push off to the edges and pretend is not existing until you get this sh** show. Let's get into this and your thoughts in the comment section on Substack and YouTube. We're going to be talking about this case. I can imagine for quite some time. The only reason anybody found those children is because Gary Siders Jr. reportedly couldn't stop exposing himself to his neighbors. You know, I hate when that urge comes up and you're just like, Hey, hey, neighbor, you're barbecuing over there. Oh, why don't you got any pants on? Oh, you don't have that problem either.
Four times in May, May 23rd, May 27th, May 29th and May 31st, four misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure. And this is a misdemeanor. You can show your junk to the neighbors and it's just like slap on the wrist. Living in squalor with 16 kids and you're showing it to the neighbors. But who are we to judge, right? Who are we not? Who are we as a society to be like, we don't judge. We live and let live. We need to do a little less of that. That's what generated the warrant. That's what brought Vinton County deputies to 182 Ohmer Street in Hamden, Ohio on June 30th. Not a CPS referral, not a concerned teacher, not a pediatrician who noticed something off. A misdemeanor warrant. Deputies showed up expecting to arrest one man on a low level charge. They did not expect to find 16 children in sight, or so they say. We can expect this.
Sixteen children, ages 18 months to 18 years, boys and girls. Investigators say they were living in 12 by 12 foot room, a 12 by 12 foot room contaminated with human waste and insects. If you've seen the pictures, you're like, oh my God. Some of them couldn't speak, some couldn't read, an 18 year old couldn't write her own name. Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson said they looked almost feral. Vinton County Sheriff Ryan Kane said livestock is kept in better conditions. Wilson called what he saw pure evil. He said if investigators had waited another 24 hours, there was a high probability they'd be dealing with multiple deaths. Would they? Because they've been going on this long. Was there a high probability? Or did you finally, finally, you know, shit came to roost? And every single one of those children was born at an area hospital. Everyone, keep that in mind because it matters later. One more thing, the attorney general used a specific word to describe what happened and that has a word that carries implications far beyond neglect.
Intrafamilial. Remember it. Seven of the children were taken to hospitals in Columbus. Two were airlifted. One was in critical condition. Twenty people, four adults and 16 children in a five room, one bedroom house with 1,336 square feet and a 518 square foot basement. The house sits on Ohmer Street next to railroad tracks in a village of about 700 people. Neighbors say they never saw a single child. A man who lives three doors down said, He's been there six years and seen no kids at all. The four adults charged are Gary Siders Jr. He's 73 His wife Christina Siders, 67 Their son Gary Siders Jr., 36 And his wife Elizabeth Siders, 33 Each faces 16 counts of second degree felony child endangerment. All four pled not guilty. All four are lucky that the officers who arrested had self-restraint. Because this is why I could never be an officer. Because that pistol that you carry, I might have used it. I might have used it on all four of these. Prosecutors say each of the 16 children suffered serious physical harm. Additional charges are expected. The case is heading to a grand jury with three special prosecutors, including the attorney general himself. Somebody in that house was functional. The property taxes were paid, the water, sewer, the trash services were in Christina Siders name. The house had running water and multiple air conditioners sat in the windows. Gary Siders Jr. and Elizabeth reportedly shopped at the local Dollar General near closing time several nights a week. The store employee described poor hygiene and disheveled clothing, but they were regular customers. Gary Jr. reportedly worked as a door dash delivery driver. He had a phone. He had a car. He picked up orders, made deliveries, interacted with the public. Then he went home to 16 children living in conditions the attorney general compared to the third world. I would say the third world is the Ritz, Carlton, diamond collection compared to this place.