PERU — A Miami County woman has bonded out of the Miami County jail after being arrested on two felony charges of neglect.
Indiana State Police Detective Mike Tarrh said Michelle Marie Ousley, 22, was arrested after she did not seek treatment for various cuts and bruises on her sons’ bodies, allegedly caused by spankings while being watched by her boyfriend.
He said the boys, Joseph M. McElheny, 2, and Nathaniel R. Ousley, 16 months, were staying at the boyfriend’s home in Kosciusko County in northern Indiana while Ousley was at work.
The injuries were not life threatening, state police said, and the boys have been placed in foster care.
The boyfriend’s name is not being released because the investigation is continuing, Tarrh said.
Ousley, of the 30 block of North Union Street, Peru, posted a $600 cash bond.
