Police charge parents with child abuse

06/09/2007 11:55 AM

Police charge parents with child abuse

By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff

Paul and Debbie Salvetti.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Winston Salem Police and the Social Services Department have charged the parents of a student at Southeast Middle School.

Police said the child appeared malnourished, and the boy said he’d been locked in his room for extended periods of time and given little to eat.

The boy’s parents, Paul and Debbie Salvetti face child abuse and neglect charges.

They turned themselves in and are in the Forsyth County Detention Center under a $5,000 bond each.

They are scheduled to appear before a judge on June 29.