Nebraska pair sentenced after four kids found living among drugs and filth

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Two people were sentenced Wednesday after being found in a southeast Nebraska house filled with drugs and filth.

Quentin Teeters, 36, got one year in prison on each of three counts: violating the Sex Offender Registry Act, possession of a controlled substance and negligent child abuse with no injury.

But he will serve all those sentences at once, and Judge David Bargen gave him credit for 25 days already served behind bars.

So he could be eligible for parole in less than six months.

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Bargen also sentenced Teeters to 18 months of post-release supervision.

Cortney Connelly, 33, got two years of probation for negligent child abuse with no injury.

She was also ordered to spend a total of 14 days in jail, but those terms could be waived if she complies with the rules of her probation.

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The case began on July 5, when Saline County deputies went to a house in Wilber.

They were looking for Teeters, who had failed to update the Nebraska Sex Offender Registry on his whereabouts.

Connelly answered the door and confirmed that Teeters lived there.

They found him in the basement, but court documents say their work was just beginning.

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Deputies saw a glass vial containing methamphetamine sitting out in the open on a coffee table.

So they searched the home and discovered even more meth and meth pipes, according to the Saline County Sheriff’s Office.

Court documents describe a filthy home, with dog feces “smeared all over the floor” of two rooms.

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Moldy food and drinks were also left “throughout the entire house,” according to an arrest affidavit.

Four children lived in the home, including a baby whose diaper was “soaked to the touch,” the affidavit says.

Both Teeters and Connelly had charges reduced and dropped entirely under plea deals.

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