Overview
- Court dockets list Sarah Faber on 947 counts and Amy Billotte on 959 counts, including unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children, involuntary servitude, reckless endangerment and terroristic threats.
- Both defendants are in the Jefferson County Jail on $500,000 bail each, according to officials.
- A criminal complaint describes prolonged confinement in a nearly empty room monitored by cameras and a door alarm, with alleged punishments such as duct-taping, forced standing and exercise to exhaustion.
- The teen, reported to be 15–16 during the alleged abuse, was removed by Child Protective Services and treated at UPMC Children’s Hospital, where staff documented malnutrition and he regained weight.
- Preliminary hearings are scheduled for early January, court records show, as the investigation and prosecution continue.