Parents of children critically burned indicted in Colonial Heights house fire investigation

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Parents of children critically burned indicted in Colonial Heights house fire investigation

By: WTVR CBS 6 Web Staff | Posted at 5:32 PM, Sep 06, 2023 and last updated 11:08 PM, Sep 06, 2023

COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. – The parents of two young children critically burned in a house fire in Colonial Heights are facing multiple criminal charges.

Court records show that Joshua Cabaniss and Cierra Pitts were each indicted by a grand jury Tuesday. Both face nine charges each, including three counts of abuse of a child – disregard for life, three counts of cruelty to a child and three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

The couple’s three children and the grandmother were inside the Covington Road home when flames broke out May 15. ... Their 5-year-old son escaped, while a bystander rescued the grandmother. ... The other two children – ages one and two – were rescued by first responders and brought to VCU’s burn center with third- and fourth-degree burns.



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Cierra Pitts and Joshua Cabaniss

WTVR CBS 6 is working to learn more about the criminal charges that Cabaniss and Pitts are now facing.

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[cyclonefence]

1. Dear sweet Jesus

... and you have to pass a test and get a license before you're allowed to drive a car...

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. Oh my holy Jesus

Burning at the stake is too good for these two. If these babies die (third and fourth degree burns make that likely) it will be murder charges for sure. Probably murder one.