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A North Carolina couple has been charged with child neglect after their toddler was found alone and covered in human waste.

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By . Snejana Farberov for Mail online . A North Carolina couple were arrested after police say their toddler son was found alone in the street covered in human waste. Crystal Knight and Michael Banks, of Landis, were taken into custody Tuesday and charged with child neglect. According to local law enforcement, officers were called to Meriah Street in Landis Tuesday after a 2-year-old boy was seen wandering naked in the yard without supervision. Scroll down for video . Bad parenting: Michael Banks, left, and Crystal, Knight, right, were charged with child neglect after their 2-year-old son was found alone and covered in human waste . Police say the toddler was running around covered in feces. Responding officers went to the house of the boy’s parents and found them asleep in a back bedroom. 'They weren't watching the child at all,' Detective Shane Safrit told WSOC. The little boy has been taken away by the Department of Social Services and later released into the custody of another family member. On his own: The toddler was spotted wandering naked in the yard of his parents' Landis, North Carolina, home without any supervision .