Child Forced To Sleep In Locked Closet For Months: Naugatuck PD

NAUGATUCK, CT — Police said they made two arrests in connection with a reported child abuse case in Naugatuck.

Police said a child was forced to sleep in a locked closet for several months. Additionally, the child was subjected to extreme punishments including kneeling on tacks and drinking hot sauce until he vomited, police said.

Police said they responded to a child abuse report Oct. 1 and the two arrests were made Friday.

Police said Kaitlin E. Baptiste, 29, of Forest Road, was aware that her husband, Kevin Grant, 31, of Forest Road, locked the child in the closet and abused him, police said in a news release. Grant is the child's stepfather, police said.

Baptiste is charged with risk of injury to a child, conspiracy to commit intentional cruelty to persons, conspiracy to commit disorderly conduct and second-degree reckless endangerment. She was held initially in lieu of a $10,000 bail.

Grant is charged with risk of injury to a child, second-degree assault, intentional cruelty to persons, disorderly conduct and second-degree reckless endangerment. He was held in lieu of a $25,000 bail.