article_snippet.sent: A couple have been spared prison for felony child neglect after admitting to locking A couple three young children in a room with urine and feces for 24 hours a day - and feeding their three young children through a gate.
article_snippet.sent: Spotsylvania County Sheriff Roger Harris said on Friday: 'This was an abhorrent situation that the children were living in and This breaks my heart to see this kind of treatment of small children. '
article_snippet.sent: Saving these kids from this type of neglect is why all of us are involved in public service.'
article_snippet.sent: The baby boy (second right) and one of the two girls (front), who are aged three and four, are believed to be pictured with The baby boy (second right) and one of the two girls (front), who are aged three and four two older sisters, who have not been mentioned in the shocking child neglect case .
article_snippet.sent: the children were fed through an opening in the gate,' Captain Jeff Pearce, of the sheriff's office, told Frederciksburg.com.
article_snippet.sent: The youngsters were later placed with a foster care family, where The youngsters are said to be thriving.
article_snippet.sent: It is unknown whether several older children have also been placed into care.
highlights_snippet.sent: Girls, three and four, and 17-month-old boy were fed meals through gate .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Girls, three and four, and 17-month-old boy given six-year suspended sentences after admitting child neglect .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Victims, who lacked social skills when found by police, are now in care .