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This image provided Jan. 25, 2013 by the Las Cruces Police Department, shows Cindy Patriarchias, 33, following her arrest for child abuse. Police say she and her boyfriend locked up an 8-year-old girl with developmental disabilities in a wooden cage, then left her alone while they headed out to watch a movie. (AP Photos/Las Cruces Police Department)
This photo provided Jan. 25, 2013 by the Las Cruces Police Department, shows Edmond Gonzales, 37, following his arrest for child abuse. Police say he and his girlfriend locked up an 8-year-old girl with developmental disabilities in a wooden cage, then left her alone while they headed out to watch a movie. (AP Photos/Courtesy of Las Cruces Police Department)
LA CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A man linked to the locking up of an 8-year-old New Mexico girl with developmental disabilities in a wooden cage has been indicted.
The Las Cruces Sun-News reports (http://bit.ly/11YPdci) that 37-year-old Edmond Gonzales was indicted this week by a grand jury on five counts of child abuse and one of child abandonment.
Police say that Gonzales and his girlfriend, Cindy Patriarchias, left an 8-year-old girl in a makeshift bed police described as a “wooden cage” last month while they took three other children to the movies.
Indictment documents show Gonzales has previous convictions for drug trafficking, possession and attempted unlawful use of an ATM card.
Patriarchias, the aunt of the girl, was arrested in the case but has not been indicted.
It was unclear if Gonzales had an attorney.
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Information from: Las Cruces Sun-News, http://www.lcsun-news.com
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
