2 charged in Ansonia after toddler found on roof 30 feet above ground

Hustek

Barker

ANSONIA - The Ansonia Police Department received a complaint at 8:47 a.m. today of a child on the roof of a house on Main Street. Officers located a two-year-old male on the roof of 681 Main St. about 30 feet above the ground. 
Officer Christopher Kelley was able to talk to the child and keep him from moving around the roof while Sgt. Christopher Flynn and Officer Peter Lovermi III forced entry into the house to get the child off the roof. 
Inside the home was the child’s father, David Hustek, and the child’s aunt, Sarah Barker. Both had been sleeping and unaware the child was on the roof of the house. 
The child was transported to a local hospital for precautionary reasons but did not appear to be injured. 
The home was found to be in deplorable living conditions. City building officials were contacted and the home was condemned. Hustek and Barker were both arrested.
Hustek, 23, was charged with Risk of Injury to a Minor, and Reckless Endangerment First Degree. He was held on a $10,000 bond to be arraigned Thursday (Sept. 26) at Derby Superior Court.
Barker, 20, was charged with Risk of Injury to a Minor, and Reckless Endangerment First Degree. She was held on a $10,000 bond to be arraigned Thursday at Derby Superior Court. 


This is a press release from Ansonia Police Lt. Patrick Lynch.