SEALY (July 2, 2009)--A Southeast Texas man and his wife were in jail Thursday after a state inspector found six children locked in tool shed behind an unlicensed daycare center.

State officials say the children were surrounded by lawn equipment, gasoline and insecticide when they were found Wednesday.

Austin County District Attorney Travis Koehn says Marietta Patek, 55, is charged with six counts of child endangerment, while her husband, Freddie Patek, 47, faces an evidence tampering charged.

Child Protective Services spokeswoman Gwen Carter says 14 children ranging from toddlers to preteens were kept at the house.

She says the Pateks could legally care only for three children at a time.