Parents busted after cops find 4-year-old son in pond and discover filthy house full of animal poop

Two Florida parents were arrested after their child was discovered wading alone in a pond — leading cops to discover an alleged house of horrors full of animal feces and roaches.Deputies rushed to a retention pond on Deltona after receiving a call about an unaccompanied toddler on Saturday morning, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

There, officers located the 4-year-old boy splashing around the pond in a marshy area, before they picked him up and put him into a patrol car, bodycam footage showed.“Hey, come here … It’s OK,” a deputy could be heard telling the youngster as he plucks him out of the body of water.After the child identified his home, cops uncovered “filthy conditions,” including “copious animal waste, a roach infestation, and mold,” the department said in a statement.Inside, authorities also disturbingly found a caged and neglected dog, which was turned over to Deltona Animal Control.

Parents Fermin Medrano-Perez, 26, and Jeneixa Rodriguez-Crespo, 24, were cuffed and charged with child neglect and animal cruelty.A grandparent took custody of the boy, and the Florida Department of Children and Families was contacted for a follow-up....