An Adams County couple convicted earlier this year of “heinous” treatment of their 14-year-old adopted child will each face up to 23 months in prison following sentencing hearings on Thursday, District Attorney Brian Sinnett announced.
Todd Douglas Myers, 57, and Stacey Lynn Myers, 51, both of Mt. Joy Township, were convicted in August of felony child endangerment and firearms offenses. They were sentenced by Judge Shawn Wagner of the Adams County Court of Common Pleas, Sinnett reported.
According to Sinnett, Stacey Myers will spend a jail sentence ranging from 11.5 to 23 months in the Adams County Adult Correctional Complex, while Todd Myers was sentenced to five to 23 months.
Sinnett further stated that both defendants will be compelled to serve 60 months on probation.
On July 21, 2022, the State Police filed accusations against Stacey Myers. Todd Myers’ charges were filed on September 28, 2022, according to criminal complaint affidavits submitted by Sinnett.
According to the complaint affidavits, the pair was charged after State Police responded to a tip from Adams County Children & Youth Services and discovered the victim living in an unheated basement in the couple’s Littlestown home.
The victim appeared malnourished; EMS arrived at the scene and measured his weight at 78 pounds. He also had a broken finger and claimed officers he couldn’t remember how the injury happened, according to the complaint.
The victim informed officials that the couple kept him secluded in his room for hours at a time. He claimed he was thrown down the basement steps by his neck, hit with a board, and denied food because the other children in the household “needed it more,” according to the complaint.
He also claimed that Stacey Myers used a Taser device on him several times between December 2020 and March 2021, according to police.
According to the complaint, authorities obtained a search warrant at Myers’ house and found the device in a kitchen cabinet.
Sinnett praised the Pennsylvania State Police and the Adams County Department of Children and Youth Services for their ongoing and thorough investigation into this horrific incident.
“The sentences for these two defendants hold them accountable for the reprehensible way in which they abused their child” , Sinnett reported.
Sinnett and Kyle Reuter, Assistant District Attorney, conducted the trial.
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