A couple featured on the first season of the MTV reality show 16 and Pregnant have lost their child to the state and face criminal charges after officers serving a search warrant found their home was filled with faeces, flies and maggots, police said on Thursday.
Joshua Rendon and Ebony Jackson-Rendon, now both 19, were charged on Tuesday after the search of their home at the Little Rock Air Force Base. The Arkansas Department of Human Services took custody of their two-year-old child, who was born while the TV show was taping. Rendon is a member of the Air Force.
They face felony charges of maintaining a drug premises and unauthorised use of another's property to facilitate a crime. They're also charged with misdemeanour child endangerment, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance.
Officers obtained the search warrant after being called in by base officials.
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