Levittown Couple Jailed For Extreme Case Of Child Neglect

LEVITTOWN, PA — Two Levittown residents have been sentenced to up to seven years in prison for an extreme case of child neglect, authorities announced Friday. William Medl and Kimberly Block this week pleaded guilty in Bucks County Court to endangering the welfare of children and several theft and drug-related charges

According to information from authorities, the couple had three "severely neglected" children.

When Bristol Township police and Bucks County social workers intervened last December, the three children — ages 8, 7 and 2 — were dirty, hungry, and had never attended school, authorities said.

Authorities say Block is a former model, airline attendant and nursing home aide. Medl is a former construction worker. They both became addicted to opioids, and lost their home due to debt from buying drugs.

The District Attorney office outlined details of the horrific case in a press release.

According to authorities:

• The two girls, ages 8 and 7, did not know their last names or their ABCs, and had never attended school.
• The children had rotted teeth and were infested with lice; all three had to have their heads shaved.
• The 2-year-old did not know his first name, communicated only with gestures, and smelled of spoiled milk, cigarettes and was found in a diaper saturated with urine and feces, court records said.
• Between the three of them, they have had 31 teeth extracted under anesthesia because of severe decay.
• Medl stole batteries from home-improvement stores, sometimes with the children in tow. He sold the merchandise to pay for lodging and drugs — the children called it “adult medicine.”
• The girls described driving to Philadelphia, where Medl left them alone in the car to purchase “adult medicine.” They told of watching their parents snorting or injecting the powder, and of moving it out of their little brother’s reach.
• Medl would hit Block in front of the children. One of the girls was punched in the midst of one fight, and got a bloody nose as a result.

The children are now in foster care.

“The time it will take [the children] to get caught up in school and have a normal life is anybody’s guess,” Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr. said. “All for drugs.”

In addition to the prison time, the judge gave each a consecutive five years of probation.

PHOTOS: Bucks County District Attorney's Office