Trio Facing Multiple Counts of Child Cruelty

After conducting a welfare check on four children at a Tyre B. Mauldin Street address in Walhalla, police charged a 23-year old Seneca resident Aerienna Caren Parris with cruelty to children. The children ranged in age seven to 10. Parris is accused of leaving the children by themselves on March 11 at the residence. According to arrest records, she was jailed on Thursday of last week and is out on bond. Also according to jail records, the following day, March 19, Walhalla Police arrested 27 year-old Tylyn Flossie Pierson and Ricky James Pierson, age 53, both of the Mauldin Street address in Walhalla. They were charged with multiple counts of neglect of a child. Ricky Pierson appears to be out of jail on bond, while Tylyn remains in custody at this time with a total bond amount set at $14,000.