Mom Charged With Offering 7-Year-Old Daughter for Sex: Child Could Be Photographed or Molested for C

Apr 01, 06:24 PM

Current Headlines: By Amber Hunt and Dan Cortez, Detroit Free Press

Apr. 1--A 33-year old Taylor mother, accused of arranging for her 7-year-old daughter to be sexually molested at a Romulus motel, was arraigned today on multiple charges of sexual abuse.

The woman was arraigned in 34th District Court in Romulus, where bond was set at $1 million. Investigators are withholding her name to protect her children.

Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans said the case was the most disgusting and exploitative he's seen in his 30-plus years of law enforcement.

"She made it clear that she would see that the child would comply,'' Evans said.

According to authorities, the woman allegedly provided an undercover deputy from the Internet Crime Unit with a menu that ranged from taking sexually suggestive photos of the child to sexual penetration, depending on how much money was offered.

The woman's five children, ages 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12, have been turned over to Child Protective Services.

Evans said the department is investigating whether any of the woman's children have been molested.

The suspect allegedly offered the undercover officer the opportunity to take photos of the girl. The woman was arrested Friday after she met with the undercover officer and discussed being paid more money in exchange for sex with the child.

It is the latest in a rash of similar incidents in metro Detroit.

In November, a Clinton Township man who was chief executive officer of a Warren credit union was charged after he tried to set up a sexual encounter over the Internet with a woman's 5-year-old daughter. The woman was really an undercover officer. The suspect, David Lance Rauch, has since pleaded guilty to three charges involving the use of a computer to commit a crime and child sexually abusive activity.

In February, a 37-year-old paramedic from Chino Hills, Calif., was arrested at Detroit Metro Airport after he had exchanged e-mails with an undercover detective from the Macomb County Sheriff's Office. The suspect had sought sex with two underage girls.

And in March, a Los Angeles man, 55, was arrested after he flew to Michigan allegedly to meet someone he thought was a mother offering her 5-year old daughter for sex.

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