article_snippet.sent: Danielle and Alexander Alexander Meitiv have been cited multiple times for allowing Danielle and Alexander Meitiv son Rafi, 10, and daughter Dvora, 6, roam free in Danielle and Alexander Meitiv suburban neighborhood.
article_snippet.sent: But the Meitivs, both of Danielle and Alexander Meitiv scientists, say authorities crossed a line over the weekend when both of them picked up Rafi and Dvora and held Rafi and Dvora nearly six hours without food before allowing Rafi and Dvora to reunite with Rafi and Dvora parents.
article_snippet.sent: the Meitivs made headlines just before Christmas when police found Rafi and Dvora walking the sidewalk on Rafi and Dvora own.
article_snippet.sent: Picked up AGAIN: the Meitivs say Rafi and Dvora were left to panic for hours by Maryland CPS workers after Rafi and Dvora children--who Rafi and Dvora raise with a so-called 'free-range' approach--were picked up by police for the second time in two months while walking down the street alone . '
article_snippet.sent: Only at 10:30pm did Mrs. Meitiv say Mrs. Meitiv was reunited with Mrs. Meitiv children and only after promising not to let her children off the leash.
article_snippet.sent: In March, CPS found The Meitivs guilty of neglect for letting the children walk home from school alone.
article_snippet.sent: The Meitivs hit back at the ruling, insisting The Meitivs would continue to bring up The Meitivs own children as The Meitivs see fit - whatever the consequences.
highlights_snippet.sent: The Meitivs were found guilty of neglect in March.