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Four Men - including War Vet - Found in Houston 'Dungeon' Home Claiming to have been held Hostage for up to TEN YEARS while 'Captor Cashed their Welfare Checks'

• Military vet among men, aged between 54 and 79, held in filthy garage
• Man in 40s arrested over claims he was cashing welfare checks
• Three victims so malnourished they were taken away on stretchers
• Some mentally disabled women were also found
  

By Daily Mail UK, 19 July 2013


Four men have been found living in 'deplorable' conditions in a north Houston home, where police say they were being kept captive so a suspect could claim their welfare checks.
The men, including a military vet, were so malnourished they were almost invalids, according to police who were tipped off by a neighbor.

Three of the men were found in the garage, where they allegedly were forced to sleep on the linoleum floor, and a fourth was found in a room that had locks on the door and window.



Search: Four men have been found Friday living in 'deplorable' conditions in a north Houston home



In custody: A man believed to be the captor sits in a police car. The captives were lured inside under the promise of cigarettes and alcohol while the captor used them to cash their government assistance checks



Waiting for help: One of the four men believed to be a captive waits outside for medical attention



Suspect: A man in his 40s has been arrested after police found four men allegedly being held captive



Red flag: Police were tipped off to unusual activity in the house by a neighbor during a welfare check Friday





Police believe the alleged victims, who were aged 54, 65, 74 and 79, may have been homeless and that they were being kept at the house so the suspect, who has been arrested, could cash their welfare checks.
Sergeant Steve Murdock told the Houston Chronicle that residents in the house had been taking the men's social security checks.
A man in his 40s, who is not believed to live at the house, has been arrested but no charges have been made.

Houston police were tipped off about the men by a neighbor, and then called at the house at about 8.30am to do a welfare check.



Little explanation: No names of individuals involved have been released, but police described the building where the men were being held as being 'deplorable conditions'



Targets: Police believe the alleged victims, who were aged 54, 65, 74 and 79, may have been homeless

Sergeant J W McCoy added: 'One of [the men] seemed to think he was just picked up off the street, kind of recruited to come and stay here.'
'In exchange for beer and cigarettes, and a place to stay, he had to turn over his social security checks,' he told ABC 13.

The room where they were found had no furniture and one of the alleged victims, who has been taken to hospital, told officers the house 'was a dungeon'.

'They were apparently given scraps to eat, very little food was provided to them. They didn't have access to a restroom,' police spokesman Jodi Silva said.

'They clearly stated to us they were being kept against their will.'


Transparency: The Houston Police Department spokeswoman Jodi Silva told as much as they knew early Friday




Captive: Police said the house was 'like a warehouse for people' and that the alleged victims were kept in a room with no furniture

'They were prisoners in that house,' Sergeant Murdock said. He added that police found evidence that other men had also been held there.

When police arrived at the house they found the door nailed shut. The converted garage that the men were in had no furniture except for one chair, a malfunctioning air conditioning unit, and was filthy, with police describing it to ABC 13 as like 'a warehouse for people'.

Three of the alleged victims were so weak they had to be taken from the house on stretchers. The fourth man, who said he did not want to leave, was due to be taken to a hospital for veterans.

Police said as well as the alleged victims, four women were found living in the main part of the house.

Three of them appeared to have mental disabilities, Ms Silva said. She added that the fourth woman appeared to be a caregiver, and said their living conditions inside the house were more normal.



Rescue: One of the men found living at the house waits to be taken to a hospital

Neighbors said they recognized the men who were taken to hospital but did not know about the alleged conditions inside the house.
One of the men said he had lived there for about six months and, although the conditions were not good, he wanted to stay.
Adult Protective Services has been called to help in the investigation.






UPDATE:

Walter Renard Jones Charged In Houston Captives Case After 'Prison Room' Uncovered

The Huffington Post, Andy Campbell : 07/20/2013

Charges were filed today against a sex offender in Texas who's now accused of holding four men against their will in "deplorable" conditions, then forcing them to hand over their monthly rent checks.

The locked, converted garage that 31-year-old Walter Renard Jones allegedly forced the men to live in had no beds, no bathroom and very little food, police tell CNN. Jones, who didn't live on the property, is charged with two counts of injury to the elderly. He is reportedly the grandson of Essie Mae Scranton, who owns the home.

The victims, three of whom investigators say suffered from malnutrition when they were found in the garage Friday morning, were taken to the hospital. They are in stable condition, KHOU reports.

They'd been living in the house for an unspecified amount of time. Their surroundings, complete with burglar bars, locks, and only one small chair as a piece of furniture, have been described as a "prison room" and a "dungeon."

Police were told that the men were lured to the home with promises of food, beer and cigarettes. Instead, they were held captive and forced to give away their Social Security and Veteran's Assistance checks.

Four women were also found in the house. Three of them appeared to suffer from mental illness, and the fourth was a caretaker, police said. Their living conditions, however, were considerably better than those of the captive men. It wasn't immediately clear if their was any connection between them and Jones' alleged victims.

Adult Protective Services will be looking into the case to check the mental capacities of the victims and the homeowner.

Court records show that Jones had previous charges, starting in 2002, for theft, failing to register as a sex offender and marijuana possession. The investigation is ongoing, police told KHOU.

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