Syracuse, N.Y. — A Camillus woman charged with abusing and neglecting an 11-year-old boy was released from jail Tuesday after posting bond, according to the Onondaga County Justice Center records.
Susan Orendorf, 44, of Knowell Road, was charged with second-degree unlawful imprisonment and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, deputies said. She was arrested Tuesday morning.
Orendorf handcuffed the boy to a bed frame, forced him to sleep on the floor and would not feed him for days at a time, sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Jon Seeber said.
The woman strangled the boy, disciplined him and degraded him, Seeber said. The acts were done repeatedly, he said.
She was released from the Justice Center Tuesday night after posting $40,000 bond, according to the sheriff’s office.
The boy reported the abuse to a Camillus Police Department school resource officer at the West Genesee School District, Seeber said.
The boy was taken to a hospital for malnourishment, Seeber said. He is now in the custody of the Onondaga County Department of Children and Family Services, police said.
Deputies are asking anyone with information about the abuse to contact them at 315-435-3092.
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