Suburban parents charged after children, pets found in filthy basement: officials

FOX LAKE, Ill. - A suburban couple was arrested after investigators found their three children living in a urine- and feces-covered basement and uncovered child pornography on the father’s devices, authorities said.

What we know:

Detectives received a tip from an online cloud storage company that a device in Lake County had uploaded child pornography to its platform.

After an investigation, the Lake County Sheriff's Office determined the likely source was a residence in the 0-100 block of Woodland Avenue in Fox Lake.

A search warrant was executed Aug. 14. Investigators found an entire family living in the basement of the home, including three children younger than 3.

Logan J. Jentink, 29, the children’s father and resident of the home, was identified as responsible for downloading a