Overview

• State Police and county child-welfare workers found five children, ages 5 to 14, in early August in a Redstone Township bedroom with boarded windows, no beds, feces on walls, and limited food and clothing.
• Investigators say the door had three exterior deadbolts and no interior handle, and a court removal order was obtained after James Kahl refused to take off the locks.
• A search warrant executed Wednesday recovered a stun gun, a replica pistol, surveillance equipment allegedly wired to James Kahl’s room, and drugs with paraphernalia.
• Troopers report that child interviews allege James forced Carly Kahl to use a stun gun as punishment and that he routinely neglected the children.
• James and Carly Kahl were arraigned and ordered held without bail, the children remain in CYS care, and the mother of two says she previously sought protection orders and alerted the agency.