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MONROE -- Police said a local man left his 3-year-old daughter chained to a 25-pound bucket of dog food for several days because she "sneaked" a piece of bread.

Carl Corbett, 24, of Main Street, was charged Tuesday with risk of injury to a minor and second-degree unlawful restraint.

Corbett was himself in chains a few hours later as he was brought before Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Bozzuto in Bridgeport.

After reviewing the case file, the judge ordered Corbett held in lieu of $250,000 bond and continued the case for arraignment on Oct. 18.

If convicted of the charges, he could face 10 years in prison.

Corbett, a stocky man with a connecting mustache and beard, had no comment as he was led out of the courtroom by marshals.

Police said he admitted chaining his daughter to the bucket after she ate some bread, and that she remained that way for several days as a punishment. He also allegedly shaved her head.

A social worker for the state Department of Children and Families told police the little girl had bruises from her ordeal.

The girl and Corbett's two other children, a 9-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl, are in the custody of their mother, who was not living with Corbett, said Assistant State's Attorney Judy Stevens, of the State's Attorney's Office's Domestic Violence Division.

Police said Corbett, who was recently discharged from the U.S. Army, had been taking care of the three children for the summer in his Monroe home.

The children complained to their mother that Corbett had been abusing them and she called DCF, police said. They said the young girl had been hungry and opened a bag containing a loaf of bread and ate a slice.

When Corbett found out that she ate the bread, he allegedly tied a piece of it around her neck and ordered the other children to yell at her. He punished the older children for not watching the younger girl by forcing them to do calisthenics all night, police said.

Corbett then chained the younger girl into a harness and tied it to the bucket of dog food, police said.

The other children reported that they had to drag the bucket so their younger sister could go to the bathroom.

Police said Corbett, who was unemployed, apparently sat playing video games with a friend while the other children struggled to help their sibling.

Police said they interviewed the friend, who acknowledged seeing the little girl tied to the bucket.

When confronted by police, Corbett allegedly admitted to chaining his daughter to the bucket of dog food. He said "because they were planning to move, they kept the food to a minimum and when she dropped the bread there was no bread for everyone else," police said.

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I think the friend deserves to be charged as an accessory...He did nothing to stop it...

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Police said a local man left his 3-year-old daughter chained to a 25-pound bucket of dog food for several days because she "sneaked" a piece of bread.

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because she "sneaked" a piece of bread.

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