LORAIN, Ohio -- A 35-year-old Lorain grandmother was charged with child endangering Wednesday after police found her 1-year-old grandson crawling toward the street.

It was not the first time police had been to the house on West 21st Street on complaints of problems regarding children. It was the 33rd time this year, police said.

Marsheen Price was charged with child endangering after police answered a complaint of a baby unattended on the property. Police found a one-year-old boy wearing only a soiled diaper on the sidewalk heading toward the busy street.

Police said the baby was “filthy,” and they found a large lump sticking out of his stomach.

A nurse stopped her car and rendered assistance. She noticed the lump and said it looked like an

umbilical

hernia. The nurse said it appeared that the child may have been eating dirt.

Police went to the house and knocked, but got no answer until 10 minutes later when an ambulance arrived with its sirens on. The child was taken to a local hospital.

“This address and the occupants, particularly Marsheen Price, are notorious for having and allowing children, from infants to age 15 years of age, running in the street, outside without clothing, hanging out of windows on all floors and reportedly on the roof as well,” said the police report.

Police learned that the baby, Dreshawn Pinkney, is the son of Marsha Washington who left the baby with Price the night before.

Police said Price has seven children living in the home, some her own and some her grandchildren. She was released on $1,000 bond.

Price could not be reached for comment on Friday.



A spokeswoman for the Lorain County Department of Children's Services said Friday that all the children are out of the house now.



"We had been involved with her since mid-April after the children observed incidents of domestic violence," said Patti-Jo Burtnett, the spokeswoman. "I don't believe there was any violence directed at the children. Most of the children in the house were hers, but earlier this month she took in grandchildren."



Burtnett said she was not sure what the other police contacts entailed.