Monday, September 30, 2013

2 Arrested In Athens Co. Human Trafficking Case

ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio – The week long investigation of the Athens County law enforcement officials paid off after two residents from the Athens County were arrested for human trafficking.

Investigators from the Athens County Sheriff’s Office said that the suspects who were a man and a woman used a 16-year-old girl to have sex with other individuals in exchange for money and drugs.

Athens County Children Services and the Athens County Sheriff’s Office are working on the case and they were able to identify the female suspect as twenty-seven-year-old Ellen Mays. She is a resident of Binder Basin Road in Glouster. She was taken into custody for questioning and later admitted to have set up the girl to perform different acts for money and drugs, according to the reports.

The twenty-seven-year-old Glouster woman was arrested and charged with compelling prostitution and human trafficking. She is being held in the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail. 

She told the officers that she arranged the meeting between the 16-year-old girl and a sixty-nine-year-old resident of Rocky Point Road in Athens. The Athens County Children Services identified the suspect as Fred Kittle Sr.

Records show that he is a registered sex offender in Athens County who was convicted and was behind bars for some time on rape charges.

The sheriff’s office issued a search warrant for the home of Kittle located in the Rocky Point Road.  The deputies found evidences inside the home but did not give details when they executed the search warrant.

Kittle was arrested without incident. He was charged with compelling prostitution and importuning. He is being held in the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail. 

The Athens man and woman are scheduled to appear before the Athens County Municipal Court Monday morning.


Godfrey Obe is a news writer for NinjaCOPS.com where you can get affordable stun gunsrechargeable stun gun flashlights and law enforcement stun guns.

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