Press conference: Agency investigated over alleged treatment of children
There's now a criminal investigation into the agency that runs a foster care system for Pinellas, Pasco and Hillsborough counties. Sheriff Bob Gualtieri says, on average, Eckerd Connects is not able to place six children per night into foster care homes. And for that reason, the sheriff says those kids are being forced to sleep in the agencies’ administrative offices -- on cots or under desks.