DETROIT (WXYZ) - Detroit Police say they have taken Charlie Bothuell's stepmother, Monique Dillard-Bothuell, into custody. We're told there was a bench warrant out for the 37-year-old's arrest for violating her probation. 
 
 Earlier this year, Dillard-Bothuell plead guilty to purchasing a pistol without a permit and was put on a 2-year probation period. 
 
 Police also confirm that Child Protective Services has removed two other children, a 4-year-old and a 10-month-old, from the home. 
 
 A day after 12-year-old Charlie Bothuell V was found alive in the basement of his father's Detroit home, new details are emerging about his strange 10-day disappearance. 
 
 Police say Charlie was home schooled and subjected to an exercise regime, though further details were not provided. 
 
 Bothuell was discovered hiding behind a 55-gallon drum while officers were executing their fourth search warrant on the Nicolet Place home Wednesday afternoon. 
 
 We're told a PVC pipe with blood on it was taken away from the home as evidence. 
 
 Charlie was released from the hospital Thursday morning and is now with his mother where he has been interviewed by the FBI and other investigators. 
 
 Action News has also learned of a new twist in the case. The uncle of Monique Charlie's stepmother has a listed address three doors away from where the search had been going on. 
 
 That home is the end unit of the same condominium building. The units are connected by an underground hallway. 
 
 Charlie's stepmother's uncle is Detroit attorney Godfrey Dillard. Action News reached him on the phone to ask about the case and Monique, and he refused to comment. 
 
 Godfrey Dillard recently announced his run for Michigan Attorney General. 
 
 It’s unclear if police are investigating a connection to Godfrey Dillard’s listed address. 
 
 When his son was found Wednesday, Charlie's father, Charlie Bothuell IV, spoke out emotionally and said he was hoping to be reunited with his son. That has not yet happened. ||||| Father, stepmother could face charges after missing boy found alive in basement Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 10:19 PM EDT Updated: Thursday, June 26, 2014 2:30 PM EDT Posted:Updated: 
 
 Charlie Bothuell IV was overcome with emotion after learning his 12-year-old son who had been missing for nearly two weeks had been found alive in the basement of their own Detroit townhouse. 
 
 
 
 "I didn't know that he was in the basement. I searched. My wife searched. We've had dozens of police officers, FBI agents were here, dogs. We've all been searching for my son," he says. 
 
 
 
 It was the fifth time police had been to the family's town house on Nicolet Place but this time investigators noticed something different in the basement outside a door that is connected to an underground tunnel - a barricade, and behind that, some food, a place to sleep and 12-year-old Charlie crouched down behind a barrel. 
 
 
 
 "There's no way he could have erected this make-shift area of concealment, I'll call it. He certainly was excited to see us. I had a chance to actually talk and embrace Charlie," says Detroit Police Chief James Craig. 
 
 
 
 In the basement where Charlie was found, a tunnel leads from apartment to apartment and to the outside. The boy likely could have come and gone whenever he needed to. 
 
 
 
 According to sources, Charlie told investigators it was his stepmother, Monique, who was helping him hide out and giving him food. 
 
 
 
 "My client, Mr. Bothuell and his wife, had no participation in this. They would have not brought this entire media circus, ... FBI, all of this - for what purpose? For what gain?" says family attorney Mark Magidson. 
 
 
 
 Charlie V was last seen June 14. His stepmother told police the boy didn't complete his daily exercise routine and she informed his father. Worried how his father would react, Charlie took off and never came back. 
 
 
 
 There was several searches for the boy, but there may be a reason Charlie did not want to be found. Police are investigating a serious case of child abuse we're told the father considered discipline. 
 
 
 
 The boy, who was home schooled and on a strict exercise routine, was often beat with a PVC pipe that has now been taken in as evidence. 
 
 
 
 In fact, sources say blood was found in the boy's room and on some of his clothes. That's why police widened the scope of the investigation and, at first, wouldn't rule homicide out. 
 
 
 
 His father admits to discipline but maintains his son was never abused. 
 
 
 
 "It's only evidence if there was some crime committed. No crime committed here. That's not what happened," the father says. 
 
 
 
 Fox 2 has learned the father is expected to face child abuse charges in the next couple of days. Fox 2's Taryn Asher reports a warrant will be handed over to the prosecutor. Charlie's stepmother could also face a few charges. 
 
 
 
 Meanwhile, 12-year-old Charlie was treated at Children's Hospital and released. He is said to be in good physical health. He spent the night in the hospital with his biological mother. ||||| A Wayne County juvenile court referee today ordered that the 12-year Detroit boy, who was missing for 11 days before being found in his basement, undergo a psychological evaluation to see if it is in the child’s best interest to have visitation with his father. 
 
 A petition filed in juvenile court details abuse accusations made by Charlie Bothuell V against his father, Charlie Bothuell IV, and stepmother, Monique Dillard-Bothuell. 
 
 Referee Nicholas Bobak today continued hearings on that petition and another regarding Charlie’s two younger siblings until July 17, giving attorneys for Bothuell and Dillard-Bothuell time to gather discovery. 
 
 In the petition about Charlie, the Department of Human Services requests that the court terminate Bothuell’s parental rights and place the child with his mother; in the one concerning the younger children, the department asks that the court terminate both Bothuell and Dillard-Bothuell’s parental rights and place the children with DHS. 
 
 A decision was not made today on the parental rights issue. Charlie is to remain in the care of his mother, whom he is already living with; the other two children, ages 4 years and 10 months, are in the care of a relative. 
 
 Bothuell and Dillard-Bothuell were in attendance at today’s hearing, both accompanied by their individual attorneys. 
 
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 Attorney Mark Magidson, who is representing Dillard-Bothuell, said the court hearings are to determine “whether there’s any evidence to warrant the removal of the children. That hearing was not held today because we’ve been asking for some reports, medical records, police statements, something to assist us in representing our clients. We have not been provided that.” 
 
 Charlie was found June 25 behind a barricade erected in the basement of the family’s apartment on Nicolet Place on the city’s east side. 
 
 The petition regarding Charlie states that when he was found he was “shivering and hungry.” 
 
 According to that petition, obtained by the Free Press on Wednesday, Charlie told authorities that twice a day, every day, he had to complete workouts: 100 pushups, 200 sit-ups, 100 jumping jacks, 25 curls on each arm with a 25-pound weight and thousands of revolutions on an elliptical machine. 
 
 If he didn’t finish the workout in under an hour, the 12-year-old said he “would have to do it again,” according to a court petition filed this week in Wayne County’s juvenile court. 
 
 The petition, obtained by the Free Press, details abuse allegations made by Charlie. 
 
 According to the petition, Children’s Protective Services witnessed two forensic interviews with Charlie, including one conducted by the FBI on July 1, that revealed abuse and neglect. 
 
 Among the allegations, the petition says, Charlie told authorities: 
 
 ■ He has been disciplined with a PVC pipe, sometimes to the point that he was too sore to sit or walk, and had been abused by his father “for the entire two years he has resided” with him. 
 
 ■ He has been punched by his stepmother, Monique Dillard-Bothuell, who Charlie said made statements like, “I can make you disappear.” 
 
 ■ Dillard-Bothuell put him in the basement on June 14 after accusing him of lying to her about completing his evening workout. Charlie told authorities he heard his stepmother go upstairs, call his father and tell him Charlie was missing and that “she looked everywhere.” 
 
 ■ When his stepmother came into the basement, she would tell him to “shut up, stay quiet, and don’t say anything, no matter what you hear!” 
 
 Magidson said his client did not punch Charlie or order him into the basement. 
 
 “She never harmed that child whatsoever,”Magidson said today. “And I think the facts, ultimately, will establish that.” 
 
 Magidson, at one point, also represented Bothuell, who he said has retained another lawyer. That attorney could not be reached for comment on Wednesday. 
 
 Bothuell has denied allegations that he abused his son. Neither Bothuell or Dillard-Bothuell have been charged in Charlie’s case. 
 
 Detroit police spokesman Sgt. Michael Woody on Wednesday said police have not yet turned over a warrant request to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office and don’t anticipate filing one this week. He said police are waiting for evidence to be processed by the crime lab. 
 
 Today, Magidson said: “The question is, is a parent, under certain circumstances, limited, allowed to use corporal punishment? The law allows that. The question is ... what transcends into child abuse? And we’re saying there’s no child abuse here. Was there corporal punishment on some occasions? There may have been.” 
 
 He said that once the evidence is out, “you’ll understand why.” 
 
 On Wednesday, responding to the allegations Charlie made about his workouts, Magidson said the 12-year-old exercised once a day and was not punished for not working out. 
 
 According to the petition, a doctor from Children’s Hospital of Michigan examined Charlie on June 25 and saw a half circular scar on the child’s chest. Charlie said it was from where his father had struck him with a PVC pipe, the petition says. 
 
 The petition also says Charlie had old scars on his buttocks and that he told authorities he was “physically disciplined so severely by Mr. Bothuell with the PVC pipe, the skin on his buttocks split open in several areas.” 
 
 According to the petition, on June 23, CPS spoke to Bothuell, who admitted he disciplined his son with a PVC pipe. The petition also said that during a search of the home, a PVC pipe, which had blood on it, was found. It’s unclear whose blood was on the pipe. 
 
 Police found Charlie in the basement on June 25. Charlie said that during the 11 days that he was in the basement, “he reported hearing officers come to the home,” the petition says. 
 
 It also says when he was found he “was shivering and hungry.” 
 
 According to the petition, Charlie reported that on his first night in the basement of their east-side home, he got a blanket from the laundry room because he was cold. The petition says that he told authorities that Dillard-Bothuell did not bring him food or beverages, so, when the house was quiet, he would go upstairs for food and drinks, including Frosted Flakes and protein shakes. 
 
 The petition says that when Charlie was interviewed, he said: “I was so excited when I heard they were going to move the box I was behind, because I knew they were going to find me.” 
 
 Dillard-Bothuell also is to be in Wayne County Circuit Court on Friday for a hearing on a probation violation stemming from a 2013 weapons charge. According to court records, police recovered a gun from the home on Nicolet Place while executing a search warrant.
– The Detroit father whose missing son was found behind a barricade in his own basement could face charges, police say, but it's not clear whether they will be related to the 11-day disappearance of 12-year-old Charlie Bothuell. Sources tell Fox that the boy was home-schooled under a strict regimen that included beatings with a PVC pipe, and investigators have removed evidence including bloodied clothing from the home. Investigators say the boy didn't appear to be captive behind the barricade, but they don't believe he could have erected it himself. Police didn't find him on four previous searches of the home and it's not clear if he was in the basement during those visits. His father—who was being interviewed by Nancy Grace when he was informed his son had been found—says he had no idea that Charlie was in the basement. Sources say the boy has told investigators that it was his stepmother, Monica Bothuell, who helped him hide out in the basement—and in another twist, she was arrested yesterday on an unrelated weapons charge, CNN reports. Two other children, a 4-year-old and a 10-month-old, have been removed from the home, and Charlie has been released to his mother's custody. WXYZ has uncovered another twist: The basement unit where Charlie was found is connected by an underground hallway to the home of his stepmother's uncle: Detroit attorney Godfrey Dillard, who recently announced a run for Michigan Attorney General.