Chicago: A suburban Hispanic couple is behind bars and their five children are in protective custody after two of them were discovered blindfolded and with their limbs bound in the parking lot of a Walmart, police said

Adolfo Gomez, 52, and Deborah Gomez, 43, of Northlake, Illinois, were arrested after police visited the store in Lawrence, Kansas and spotted a 5-year-old boy sitting on the ground beside a large SUV with his hands tied behind his back, his legs bound and a blindfold covering his eyes. A 7-year-old girl was found inside the vehicle, also bound and blindfolded, along with three other children, ages 12, 13 and 15, who were not restrained. The adults were arrested on suspicion of child abuse and child endangerment. The father also was accused of obstruction. The Hispanic couple has had trouble with law in the past involving their children. They were charged with child endangerment in 1998 for leaving the only two children they had at the time, ages one and two, alone in their Naperville, Illinois apartment for up to eight hours as they worked at night. Deborah Gomez, who had pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor, ran into legal problems in 2001 for failing to take part in parenting counseling as part of the condition of her guilty plea. Meanwhile, Adolfo Gomez has been arrested for several crimes, including three cases of driving while intoxicated. He also spent time in prison on theft and burglary charges in the 1980s.