A Prince William County mother was sentenced Thursday to a year and a half behind bars for using drywall to barricade her three young children inside a room containing feces and urine.
Christina Moore, of Bristow, pleaded guilty in October to child abuse and neglect.
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Moore and John Robey, 34, were charged in March 2011, after the oldest girl, then 4, was able to escape and run to a neighbor’s home for help.
A neighbor found Moore and Robey passed out with drug paraphernalia around their room, police said. Lawyers said the couple was struggling with a drug addiction.
Robey was sentenced to three years of probation.
In 2005, Moore lost custody of twin 22-month-old sons after the boys were found on the side of Route 234 in Dumfries.
