Cruelty to children alleged in Seneca

A 23-year old man at Seneca was jailed Monday night, charged with cruelty to children.  The police reported the arrest of Joshua Grant Stokes after officers conducted a welfare check November 30 at an apartment and, at first, no one answered the door, although they heard a baby crying.  The arrest warrants allege Stokes placed a child at an unreasonable risk of harm and left the apartment “with no supervision, no food, smoke detection system was tampered with, and the power was being disconnected.”