FORT PIERCE — A father at a house where 10 children were suspected of living in filth pleaded no contest Monday to a child neglect charge.

Rupert Anthony Thompson, 32, father of some of the children and stepfather of others, was arrested in October 2008 after authorities say they found feces, flies, roaches, trash, dirty diapers, rotting food, urine and exposed electrical outlets in the house in the 1100 block of Jasmine Avenue. The children ranged in age from 4 months to 12 years.

As part of a plea agreement, the State Attorney’s Office will recommend Thompson receive two years of probation when he’s sentenced by Circuit Judge Larry Schack. Sentencing is scheduled Aug. 19.

Staff report

By Ragel Thys

An Indiantown man was arrested after he exposed himself to a girl while urinating in his backyard, according to a Martin County Sheriff’s report.

Around noon on Thursday, Pedro Francisco, 57, was seen urinating outside by the girl’s grandmother, said the report.

The grandmother asked Francisco to use the bathroom inside his home in the 15200 block of Southwest Seminole Drive, the repot said.

The grandmother said that Francisco responded in Spanish and she could not understand.

Francisco was then caught urinating again when a deputy in the area. saw him, the report states.

Francisco was then arrested and faces a misdemeanor charge of exposing himself.