Mom of Girl Who Says She Was Chained in Basement Arrested

The mother of an Ohio teenager who says she was chained in a basement as punishment has been arrested on unrelated charges.

U.S. Marshals in Toledo arrested the 39-year-old woman Wednesday on probation violations.

Authorities said last week after the girl escaped from the home where she was living with other relatives that they had no idea where the mother was at the time. 

They say the woman had been in Las Vegas and only returned to Toledo in the last few days. 

Meanwhile, a father and his adult son are in jail on charges accusing them of chaining the woman's 13-year-old-girl and forcing her to sleep in the basement.

The pair was arrested last week by Toledo police after the girl ran from the home and was found outside a downtown Toledo office building more than a mile away.

Timothy Ciboro, 53, and Esten Ciboro, 27, were charged with kidnapping and child endangerment and were being held on bond.

Officers said it appeared the two men were trying to flee when they arrived at the house. Both were pulling away in a van with two younger children, a dog and cat, a map and a gun, according to a police report.

It's not clear how long the girl may have been in the basement. She told investigators she was shackled by the ankle to a support beam in the darkened room for different periods of time, and as long as a year, according to a court document.

The girl, who is related to the men, told officers she was shackled after wetting the bed. She said she hid a key in the basement that she used to escape when the men went jogging.

Officers found leg irons in the basement along with a bucket the girl said she used as a toilet, according to a police report.

The head of Lucas County Children Services said the girl was found with poor hygiene, but the two other children who also lived in the house appeared to be OK.

"They were not victims, to my knowledge," said Robin Reese, the agency's executive director.

The agency had contact with the girl in 2014, but she did not show signs of being malnourished or mistreated and was never removed from the home, she said.

The girl was home-schooled, Reese said. All three children were placed in foster care.