By MARK LAW
POSTED: June 18, 2010
BRILLIANT - A 46-year-old mother has been charged with prostituting her 14-year-old daughter, said Wells Township Police Capt. Sean Norman.
Norman said police became aware that a 21-year-old man had posted items on the Internet saying he loved the girl.
When officers interviewed the man, he admitted to having sex with the girl and that the mother had demanded cash for the sexual relations, Norman said.
Norman said the man was living at the Rayland home with the mother and daughter.
The mother admitted to police it wasn't the first time she had sold her daughter for sex, Norman said.
The mother told police she caught her 42-year-old boyfriend about four years ago having sex with her daughter, who was then 10-years old, Norman said. The mother said she allowed the sex to continue in exchange for crack cocaine, he said.
"She allowed it to happen and never reported it," Norman said.
Norman noted there is a third man who said he gave the mother crack cocaine in exchange for sex with the daughter.
The mother's name is not being printed to protect the child's identity.
The woman has been charged with compelling prostitution of a minor and complicity to unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.
Norman said the daughter has numerous medical problems, including sexually transmitted diseases. She is now in the custody of children services.
"I've seen a lot of ugly things in my 15 years as a police officer, and this is the worst. This poor girl," Norman said.
The mother, who is being held at the county jail, also has been charged with probation violation. She pleaded guilty in March to drug trafficking.
She initially was sentenced to six months in the Eastern Ohio Correction Center, but the facility wouldn't accept her because of medical problems. The woman then was placed on three years of probation. She faces up to five years in prison on the drug charge.
Norman said police became aware that a 21-year-old man had posted items on the Internet saying he loved the girl.
When officers interviewed the man, he admitted to having sex with the girl and that the mother had demanded cash for the sexual relations, Norman said.
Norman said the man was living at the Rayland home with the mother and daughter.
The mother admitted to police it wasn't the first time she had sold her daughter for sex, Norman said.
The mother told police she caught her 42-year-old boyfriend about four years ago having sex with her daughter, who was then 10-years old, Norman said. The mother said she allowed the sex to continue in exchange for crack cocaine, he said.
"She allowed it to happen and never reported it," Norman said.
Norman noted there is a third man who said he gave the mother crack cocaine in exchange for sex with the daughter.
The mother's name is not being printed to protect the child's identity.
The woman has been charged with compelling prostitution of a minor and complicity to unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.
Norman said the daughter has numerous medical problems, including sexually transmitted diseases. She is now in the custody of children services.
"I've seen a lot of ugly things in my 15 years as a police officer, and this is the worst. This poor girl," Norman said.
The mother, who is being held at the county jail, also has been charged with probation violation. She pleaded guilty in March to drug trafficking.
She initially was sentenced to six months in the Eastern Ohio Correction Center, but the facility wouldn't accept her because of medical problems. The woman then was placed on three years of probation. She faces up to five years in prison on the drug charge.
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