A Lansford man admitted in Carbon County court on Friday to locking up a child and the child’s friend for 10 hours.

Shawn Joseph Murphy, 49, pleaded guilty before President Judge Roger N. Nanovic II to one count each of unlawful restraint and endangering the welfare of a child, both misdemeanor 2 offenses. In exchange for the plea two felony counts of unlawful restraint and false imprisonment were dropped in a plea deal with the district attorney’s office.

His co-defendant in the case, the mother of the child, Geri Lynn Survis, also entered a guilty plea in the case.

In a second case Murphy pleaded guilty to one count of possession of drug paraphernalia for an incident on Feb. 10 filed by Lansford. Police went to Murphy’s residence to serve a warrant in the first case and found the drug paraphernalia.

In the restraint case, according to an affidavit of probable cause filed by Detective Joshua Tom:

Earlier in February, police were dispatched to a residence on the 200 block of East Ridge Street for a cut wrist. When authorities arrived, the child’s mother, Survis, said Murphy had locked them and their 18-year-old friend in the child’s bedroom, using a drill to secure the door.

The child and their friend were trapped for about 10 hours, until Survis allowed them out of the room to eat the next morning. The two were eventually locked up again and weren’t given access to a bathroom.

The child, police say, told authorities Murphy had also punched them, and Survis slapped them.

Police executed a search warrant on Feb. 10 and found marks on the door and screws in its frame. A second warrant also led police to discovering the drug paraphernalia.

Nanovic deferred sentencing and ordered the adult probation office to prepare a presentence investigation report.

Survis pleaded to one count of possession of drug paraphernalia with charges of endangering the welfare of a child and possession of a controlled substance dropped in a plea deal with the DA’s office.

Nanovic pleaded her on probation for a year and ordered her to get a drug and alcohol evaluation and follow and recommendation for treatment, pay court costs of about $1,000 and pay a $50 per month supervision fee while on probation.