Dewey Couple Living In Filthy Home Given Deferred Prison Sentence

A Dewey couple entered a guilty plea to one count each of child neglect on Wednesday and were sentenced by a Washington County district court judge.

The charge stemmed from an investigation by Dewey Police of the couple's home in April 2011.

Police say David and Heather Frenchman lived in what police called a filthy home along with their three young children.

Officers told News On 6 the home was littered with rotten food, rat droppings and bugs.

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The judge gave each of them a five-year deferred prison sentence, plus two years of probation. The judge also ordered David and Heather Frenchman to continue with a DHS service plan.

Dewey Police said the house had no working refrigerator and no working toilet.