Mother 'kept adopted son in a dog cage' after he soiled the bed

A mother regularly kept her adopted son in a dog cage at night after he soiled his bed, according to police.
Kathlyn Anthony, from Connecticut, was in court on Monday charged with risk of injury to a minor after she allegedly put her son in the plastic and metal crate at night for around two weeks.
The 54-year-old woman was arrested Sunday after an investigation. Police say the boy's sister told school officials that she was tired because she kept getting up at night to let her brother out of his 'sleep locker.'

Caged: This is the dog box where the boy was allegedly kept at night

Police said the crate measured 36 inches by 22 inches, and 30 inches high.
Speaking to Theday.com, Old Saybrook police Sgt. Kevin Roche said: 'Apparently, the child who was in the crate was having some issues, or the mother was having some issues with the child defecating in the juvenile’s bed or within his bedroom.'
He added Anthony had: 'Sought out some other remedies, different agencies and different ways of correcting the issue – and it didn’t work.

Charged: Kathlyn Anthony is facing charges for making her son sleep in a locked dog crate because he was soiling his bed

'So she started using the dog crate as a way of – and I don’t want to say punishment – but that’s where he slept at night.'
Police refused to disclose the boy's age or what school he attended to protect his identity.
Anthony has allegedly told police she had been seeking outside help for the boy's behaviour.
She refused to comment outside court.