Three moms ‘let pedos abuse their kids in exchange for drugs in child sex trafficking ring’
THREE women are accused of offering their kids to a pedophile in exchange for drugs in a child sex trafficking ring that was allegedly operating for decades.
Megan Richmond, 32, Tasha Stringer, 27 and Kathryn McMullen, 36, allegedly allowed Larry Dean Porter, 69, to abuse their children in exchange for illegal drugs and money.
Stringer allegedly recruited another woman, which according to turned out to be McMullen, to bring her children to Porter and told cops that she performed sex acts on kids at Porter’s request.
McMullen brought her two children to Porter’s home and also sexually abused them herself while there, while Richmond allowed him to abuse her daughter, cops say.
Authorities said that the women had taken multiple children to a home, later said to be Porter’s residence, where they traded sexual access to children for drugs and money.
A federal grand jury indicted nine people related to
The nine individuals arrested are charged with a slew of federal sex trafficking and obstruction charges related to the investigation.
According to an arrest warrant unsealed in early July, a 10th person was also taken into custody in connection with the case.
Porter is accused of raping three girls, one of whom was seven-years-old. He is alleged to have filmed himself doing the act after giving their parents illegal drugs, US Attorney Dave DeVillers said.
It was reported last month, that among the nine people arrested in connection with Porter’s child sex trafficking ring were two of his daughters Crystal and Denna, who tried to “hide evidence after her father’s arrest.”
They were accused of taking items like digital storage devices to keep them away from law enforcement.
“Mr Porter raped these young women. Mr Porter filmed himself raping these young women,” DeVillers said at a press conference last month.
“He was helped by other individuals… who provided children to Larry Porter to be raped, to be filmed.”
One source reportedly told investigators the kids Porter allegedly abused “potentially for decades” grew up and took “their own children to Porter in exchange for drugs and money.”
What allegedly happened has been described as “some of the most disgusting, perverse and repulsive acts” by Chris Hoffman, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Cincinnati division.
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“There’s no more egregious case than what we’re standing before you told to discuss.”
Porter’s been indicted on 13 counts, including child sex trafficking, obstruction, production and possession of child pornography and witness tampering.
The most serious counts carry potential life sentences.