Texas authorities said Tuesday they removed 11 children from a crowded home where a registered sex offender lives after they found eight confined in a small, dark bedroom with restraints tying some to their beds. 
 
 A rusty chair and some toys sit outside a Dayton, Texas, house Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, where 11 children, some of them reportedly found in restraints, where removed by children's protective services... (Associated Press) 
 
 Wayne Hardin leans on his fence and talks about the house next door in Dayton, Texas, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. Eleven children, some of them reportedly found in restraints, were removed from the house... (Associated Press) 
 
 Three unidentified women leave a house where 11 children, some of them reportedly found in restraints, where removed by children's protective services last month, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 in Dayton, Texas.... (Associated Press) 
 
 Along with the children, 10 adults were living in the one-story, 1,700-square-foot home in Dayton, about 30 miles northeast of Houston, Child Protective Services spokeswoman Gwen Carter said. One month after a raid on the house, authorities are still trying to determine how the children are related and why they were there, she said. 
 
 The children ranged in age from 5 months to 11 years. Three who were age 5 or older had not been enrolled in school, Carter said. 
 
 The children were removed after authorities found two 2-year-old children tied to a bed during a January visit to the home, according to a court document. 
 
 A legally blind, 5-year-old girl "was in a restraint on a filthy mattress, and appeared to be in a daze," the document said. One child had a black eye and knocked-out tooth. 
 
 The adults told investigators they tied the children when they slept or took a nap during the day "for safety," the document said. An investigator noted that none of the adults said they saw anything wrong with the arrangement. 
 
 Two of the children had what authorities feared was pneumonia and were taken to a children's hospital. All have since been placed in foster homes, Carter said. 
 
 The case is still under investigation, and Dayton Police Sgt. Doug O'Quinn said officials are looking into criminal charges. Liberty County District Attorney Mike Little said his office would present a case to a grand jury next month, but he declined to discuss possible suspects or charges. 
 
 "Our primary concern was to make sure that the children were stable and safe," Carter said. 
 
 The home with a "No Trespassing" sign out front is in a subdivision near land used for farming and ranching. A tricycle and other toys were in the backyard Tuesday, and several cars were parked outside. 
 
 People leaving the home declined to talk to media assembled outside, and other residents and their relatives declined to comment or didn't respond to phone messages. 
 
 One person in Texas' online sex offender registry listed the house as his address. Mark E. Marsh III was convicted in Michigan 15 years ago of criminal sexual conduct with a 15-year-old girl. He did not have a working phone number listed. 
 
 Neighbor Wayne Hardin said he never saw the youngest children and had no idea so many people were living in the house. Though he often saw eight or more cars parked outside, Hardin said he was told the residents had a big family. 
 
 "I was shocked," said Hardin, who had called police about loud music blaring from the house. "We didn't have a clue." 
 
 Along with the children, two teenage runaways with a stolen car were at the home, authorities said. The boys, both 16, admitted running away from foster homes, smoking marijuana and driving a car they knew was stolen, authorities said. 
 
 Carter said the home was not registered as a foster home or day care. 
 
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 Merchant reported from Dallas. ||||| The home in Dayton, Texas. where 11 children were taken into Child Protective Services custody last month is seen in a Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 photo. (Credit: Johnny Hanson,AP Photo/Houston Chronicle) 
 
 (CBS/AP) DAYTON, Texas - Authorities in Texas said Tuesday they removed 11 children from a crowded home where a registered sex offender lives after they found eight confined in a small, dark bedroom with restraints tying some to their beds. 
 
 Child Protective Services spokeswoman Gwen Carter says 10 adults also were living in the one-story, 1,700-square-foot home in Dayton, about 30 miles northeast of Houston. The children ranged in age from 5 months to 11 years. 
 
 Carter says they are related but she isn't sure how many are siblings. 
 
 The children were removed after authorities found two 2-year-old children tied to a bed during a January visit to the home, according to a court document. 
 
 A legally blind 5-year-old girl "was in a restraint on a filthy mattress and appeared to be in a daze," the document said. One child had a black eye and a knocked-out tooth. 
 
 The adults told investigators they tied the children when they slept or took a nap during the day "for safety," the document said. An investigator noted that none of the adults said they saw anything wrong with the arrangement. 
 
 Two of the children had what authorities feared was pneumonia and were taken to a children's hospital. 
 
 The children were removed last month and have been placed in foster homes. Dayton Police Sgt. Clinton O'Quinn says authorities are looking into criminal charges. 
 
 One person in Texas' online sex offender registry listed the house as his address. Mark E. Marsh III was convicted in Michigan 15 years ago of criminal sexual conduct with a 15-year-old girl.
– Texas authorities have removed 11 children, some bound and injured, from a group home where at least one known sex offender was living. Eight children were kept in a single bedroom with plywood covering the only window; authorities found two 2-year-old children and a 5-year-old girl tied to filthy mattresses, a welfare worker has testified. The little girl is legally blind, and "appeared to be in a daze," said the worker. Some ten adults were also living in the crowded home. The children ranged in age from five months to 11, two of the youngest appeared to be suffering from pneumonia, and another had a black eye and a knocked-out tooth, reports AP. Adults in the house said the children were tied at night or during naps for their "safety," but one child reported being kept in the room for days at a time, said the welfare worker. All of the children have been placed in foster care, and a criminal investigation is continuing. “Our primary concern was to make sure that the children were stable and safe,” said an official. The crowded home is owned by the mother of Mark E. Marsh III, who was convicted in Michigan of criminal sexual conduct with a 15-year-old girl, reports CBS. He has listed the Dayton home as his residence on the state's online sex offender registry. His mother was investigated in 2009 after authorities received a report that she had punched a child in the house, which includes a number of curtained outbuildings in the backyard. Police haven't revealed the identities of the parents of all the children. The address was also home to two 16-year-old runaway boys who had heard the house "was fun," according to court testimony.