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, the 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 2-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. — AP