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Ascension Parish couple arrested after allegedly abusing foster children for more than three years
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GONZALES — A couple in Gonzales has been arrested after they allegedly abused two foster children.
Chelsea Blouin, 33, and Gregg Blouin, 34, were both arrested Friday after Ascension Parish deputies received a tip that the two children, 5 and 7, were being physically abused at the Sycamore Bend Avenue home of their foster parents.
Deputies found the children with severe bruises, the sheriff's office said. Investigators say that during the 3½ years the two were in the Blouins' home, they were subjected to extreme punishments.
Chelsea Blouin was booked on two counts of second-degree cruelty to juveniles, resisting an officer and obstruction of justice, while her husband is being charged with two counts of second-degree cruelty to juveniles.
Chelsea Blouin was booked on a $510,000 bond, while Gregg Blouin was booked on a $500,000 bond.
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