
(WPXI) – Two children were found handcuffed inside a man’s car outside Francis McClure Elementary School in White Oak after another child refused to get into the vehicle. Investigators were called Wednesday at about 1:30 p.m. to the school on Longvue Drive. An 11-year-old boy was refusing to get in the car after being dismissed from school. School officials looking inside the father’s vehicle found a seven and ten-year-old child handcuffed in the back seat. The eleven and ten-year-old are Hayes’ children. The seven-year-old is not related to him or Bell but is a sibling of one of the other children. A man and woman, Richard Hayes, 37, of Mt. Oliver, and his girlfriend, Natosha Bell, 26, of Rankin, were both in the vehicle. Hayes was found in possession of a loaded handgun. Police interviewed the three children, who said they were physically abused by Hayes and Bell. Detectives found “corroborating evidence” at Hayes’ home in Mt. Oliver. Both Hayes and Bell were arrested and charged with multiple felonies, including aggravated assault, false imprisonment and endangering the welfare of children. They were taken to the Allegheny County Jail.