Facts

The Sheriff's Office was called to conduct a welfare check on the children, ages 2 and 7, at Empire Tattoo, 5024 14th St. W., Bradenton. The report says the children were living with their father inside the business, where investigators found “numerous” used syringes and other drug paraphernalia on the floor and strewn about inside within easy reach of the children.

The children's father had left a few minutes earlier, the report says, and he left the two in the care of Rick Rowland, 39, who is an employee.

Rowland was arrested for child neglect. No other details have been released.

<p><em>BRADENTON</em> - A Manatee County Sheriff's Office report says two children were found living at a local business in “deplorable conditions.” </p><p>The Sheriff's Office was called to conduct a welfare check on the children, ages 2 and 7, at Empire Tattoo, 5024 14th St. W., Bradenton. The report says the children were living with their father inside the business, where investigators found “numerous” used syringes and other drug paraphernalia on the floor and strewn about inside within easy reach of the children.</p><p>The children's father had left a few minutes earlier, the report says, and he left the two in the care of Rick Rowland, 39, who is an employee.</p><p>Rowland was arrested for child neglect. No other details have been released.</p>