By VINCE LATTANZIO
Updated 8:17 AM EST, Thu, Jan 15, 2009
Sgt. John Harris with Holland Township Police was asked to escort staff from the NJ Division of Youth and Family Services to the Cambell’s home in Holland Township, N.J. last Friday.
Harris said they had come to investigate a complaint related to the Campbell’s three children – Adolf Hitler Campbell, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell.
In the end, the agency chose to remove the children from their parents’ care, but they assured Harris it was not because of the children’s names.
“They assured me that removing the children had nothing to do with their names or the birthday cake incident. There were other factors that we were not privy to,” Harris told NBC10’s Doug Shimell Wednesday.
The sergeant said based on his personal experiences with Heath Campbell he could not think what the circumstances would be.
“Just from knowing Mr. Campbell from the past ten or so years, I've never known him to abuse his children and when he has talked about his children he has been very much into his kids. Very loving,” Harris said.
A custody hearing is scheduled for Thursday in Flemington.
Remember 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell?
He’s the little boy whose name was the center of an international firestorm last December after a Greenwich, N.J., supermarket refused to write his name on a birthday cake. The store said it was inappropriate and refused to give an apology after the parents demanded one.
Adolf and his two sisters -- one-year-old JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and 8-month-old Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell -- were removed from their parents’ home Tuesday night by the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services, Holland Township police chief David Van Gilson told LehighValleyLive.com.
It is unclear why the children were removed from their parent’s home. Gilson said his department did not receive any reports of abuse or negligence.
Heath and Deborah Campbell, the children's parents, were scheduled to appear for an undisclosed hearing Tuesday, but it was postponed, according to the website.
Due to confidentiality laws, Kate Bernyk with the N.J. Division of Youth and Family Services would not comment or even acknowledge any involvement with the Campbells when NBC10’s Doug Shimell contacted them.
DYFS isn’t talking much about the Campbell’s situation, but the kids being taken away has nothing to do with the names and birthday cake issue in December, according to Sgt. John Harris, Holland Twp. Police in Milford, N.J.
Calls to the children’s parents were met with a message that the line had been temporarily disconnected.
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I think that naming your child "JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell" is a 100% valid reason to take someone's children away, as well as their right to have more children. But I'm disappointed that the police just snatched the babies away without giving the obvious reason. Bad police. No donut for you.