PARIS TOWNSHIP (WWJ) -- A lawyer assigned to check how kids were being educated at a Huron County home said he never suspected abuse -- despite the recent discovery of a young man in a caged bed.

Gerald Prill, a candidate for county judge in Tuesday's election, agreed in 2010 to regularly visit the home of Karen and Timothy Tolin as part of a settlement between the Tolins and the Huron Intermediate School District about the educational needs of children there.

The Tolins were charged with unlawful imprisonment and vulnerable adult abuse after a deputy discovered a 19-year-old autistic man in a caged bed. Three adults and two children have been removed from the home.

Prill was supposed to make an announced visit and a surprise visit each year after August of 2011.