Missouri couple accused of locking teens in chicken pen, shooting them with BB guns in abuse case

A Missouri couple is accused of locking two teenage children in a chicken pen and shooting at them with BB guns as part of what investigators say was a prolonged pattern of severe abuse.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said Potosi, Missouri, residents Chantel Spring Hayford, 38, and Jerry Allen Menees, whose age was redacted in court records, were arrested Jan. 13.

Menees was charged with two counts each of first-degree kidnapping, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child...