DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A Dubuque man has pleaded guilty to child endangerment for letting seven children live amid what police say was garbage, rotted food and feces on their home’s floor. Court records say 34-year-old Jermaine Watson also pleaded guilty to four drug counts. He’s scheduled to be sentenced July 18. The mother of the seven, 34-year-old Tiesha Martin, has pleaded not guilty to the same seven counts of child endangerment. Her trial is set to begin June 11. Authorities say Watson is the father of the youngest child.

The records say police and a social worker checking on the children at Martin’s residence Jan. 2 found the squalid conditions and say the children were sharing just one bedroom and bed. Martin has said officers lied about the conditions.