A Carbon County woman admitted in the county court on Tuesday to locking her son in his bedroom for over 10 hours. She entered a guilty plea before President Judge Roger N. Nanovic II.

Geri Lynn Survis, 41, of Lansford, pleaded to one count each of unlawful restraint/involuntary servitude and endangering the welfare of a child.

Survis and her boyfriend, Shawn Joseph Murphy, 49, were arrested by Lansford police following the incident that occurred on Feb. 9, 2020. Police charged the two with locking Survis’ son, who is a minor, and the child’s friend, in a room, screwing the door shut.

Murphy previously pleaded guilty to his part in the incident and was sentenced on Monday by Nanovic to serve one to 18 months in the county prison on charges of unlawful restraint and endangering the welfare of a child.

Earlier in February 2020 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 the 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.

When entering her plea, Survis at first denied locking the child up but then admitted her part in the incident.

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