Ohio Mother of 16 Pleads Not Guilty as Judge Raises Bail to $550,000
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 17
Ohio Mother of 16 Pleads Not Guilty as Judge Raises Bail to $550,000
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 17
Summary
$550,000 bail was set for Elizabeth Siders after an Ohio judge deemed the 34-year-old a flight risk at her arraignment, where she pleaded not guilty.
Siders faces four counts of child sexual abuse and 19 counts of child endangerment tied to a July search of a Hamden home, where authorities found 16 children living in alleged deplorable conditions.
Gary Siders Jr., her husband, has also pleaded not guilty in the case but was ruled incompetent to stand trial last week, and the couple has been ordered to have no contact.
The charges also stem from allegations that Siders and her husband abused a minor in 2022 while the child was in their care; that alleged victim was not among the 16 children.