A Wisconsin father accused of keeping his six children, including a 2-month-old baby girl, locked inside a storage unit where they would stay alone, without electricity, was found guilty of child neglect, court records viewed by Us Weekly show. Police found Charles Dupriest's infant and her five siblings, ages 2 through 9, inside the locked storage unit in Milwaukee on September 16, 2025, when officers were called to the sound of a child crying from the inside, according to a criminal complaint provided to Us by the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office. After a detective found the children asleep inside the unit, a 5-year-old awoke and said "We're not supposed to be loud," the criminal complaint says. Then the child "urinated in an orange bucket in the center of the unit," according to the filing. The inside was in a state of "disarray," with two other detectives describing an odor that "was so putrid they could not remain inside even with the garage door open," the complaint says. Detectives identified the children's parents as Dupriest, 33, Azyia Zielinski, 27, according to the filing. Wisconsin Couple Arrested After They Left 8 Kids in Dirty RV With Lots of Weed That morning, officers found Dupriest and Zielinkski sleeping in an SUV in the parking lot with their dog and learned they were experiencing homelessness, the criminal complaint says. They told officers that they slept in the SUV "while the six children slept in the locked storage unit," according to the filing. Dupriest and Zielinski later acknowledged that their children could have "stayed with family members instead," the complaint says. They were arrested that morning. On Wednesday, January 14, a jury found Dupriest guilty of eight counts of child neglect, court records show. He was also found guilty of possession of a firearm by an adult convicted of a felony. Dupriest's defense attorney, Annamarie Amy Wineke, did not immediately return Us' message seeking comment on Thursday, January 15. Upon hearing the jury's verdict, Dupriest "showed little reaction," the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. In court, Assistant District Attorney Thomas Hasle expressed sympathy for Dupriest experiencing financial hardship, according to the newspaper. Hasle, however, said that Dupriest let his family remain in danger. "Housing assistance existed. Support existed," Hasle said, the newspaper reported. "But cooperation (from Dupriest) did not." On January 8, Zielinski pleaded guilty to two child neglect charges, court records show. Four other child neglect charges were dismissed as part of her plea negotiations. Zielinski's public defender, Megan Kaldunski, did not immediately return Us' message seeking comment. The day officers arrested Zielinski and Dupriest, Zielinski told detectives "she had struggled to secure housing for seven years," and that she and her family were "kicked out" of a homeless shelter, Joy House, in July 2025, according to the criminal complaint. Couple Arrested After Keeping Lice-Infested Foster Kids in Filthy Home Zielinski also said that her children had slept in the storage until "for about one and a half months," the complaint says. Zielinski and Dupriest's oldest child, a 9-year-old boy, told a detective that he was in charge of caring for his siblings when they were inside the storage unit, without their parents, according to the filing. He said that he and his siblings, "use a bucket to urinate and defecate," the complaint says. The detective noticed that there was a sectional couch and a twin mattress, with no bedsheets, inside the storage unit, according to the complaint. The detective also found "boxes of chips, milk, and a case of soda." During his jury trial, Dupriest described struggling to help his family get out of their situation, and said he was hesitant to ask other family members for assistance, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Dupriest's sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 9, court records show. Zielinski is set to be sentenced on March 19. Online resources for individuals experiencing homelessness can be found on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' website.