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TOOELE — A mother and her boyfriend have been charged with dealing drugs while living in deplorable conditions with the woman's young daughter.
Eden Day Steele, 25, and Austin Tyler Rhoades, 25, were each charged July 11 in 3rd District Court with drug distribution and drug possession with intent to distribute, second-degree felonies; child endangerment, a third-degree felony; child abuse and possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to deliver, class A misdemeanors; and drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia, class B misdemeanors.
Warrants were issued for the couple's arrest and both were taken into custody on July 15. Their initial court appearances are scheduled for Aug. 6.
On July 2, Tooele police were contacted by the Utah Division of Child and Family Services to conduct "a child welfare check based on deplorable living conditions," according to charging documents.
Court documents state the agency had been contacted twice in the past year about concerns over a 6-year-old girl living at the residence. On July 10, officers served a search warrant on the house.
"Baggies with cocaine residue, scales, other paraphernalia, log books containing drug transaction records, 28 dextroamphetamine pills, and personal use marijuana were found all over the house. The house had animal feces everywhere and smelled like feces and urine. The child's living conditions were, in fact, deplorable," charging documents state.
Prosecutors have requested a no-contact order be issued between Steele and her daughter until options for supervised meetings can be arranged.
