The parents of the baby girl who was abandoned in an apartment complex dumpster and seriously injured last week were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of disorderly conduct at Perry Lake, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff.

Marquis Young, 27, and Sheena Young, 26, were booked into Jefferson County Jail about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, accused of using “fighting words” and “noisy conduct to cause resentment,” according to the Jefferson County booking log.

Lawrence police have been scrutinizing the couple’s activities after the 9-month-old girl was found in the trash receptacle in the 2500 block of West Sixth Street, which is where the parents live. No charges have been filed in that case and no one has been arrested as of Friday.

Marquis Young

Sheena Young

Lawrence police said the baby suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to a Kansas City-area hospital in serious but stable condition.

Police have declined requests for updates on the baby’s condition.

Neighbors at the complex told the Journal-World that the couple often argue.

Jefferson County Sheriff Jeffrey Herrig said Friday that the couple were apparently camping at the lake when they began arguing on Wednesday evening.

“Deputies told them if they didn’t straighten up, they’d go to jail and for disorderly conduct,” Herrig said.

When they didn’t stop arguing, they were arrested, he said.

Early Thursday morning, Herrig said he spoke with Sheena Young when she was being released from jail. Young wanted to know why she had been charged.

“She was dumbfounded why she was charged, and I told her my guys are tired of putting up with people at the lake causing problems,” he said.

Herrig said deputies were making a video of the disturbance to provide to the Lawrence police, who had requested it.

Herrig said Young said that she was supposed to have a child custody hearing Thursday in Douglas County District Court. Custody hearings are closed to the public.

Young and her husband were released after posting bond of $3,000 each.