6-21-2008 Ohio:Summit County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a Uniontown woman in connection with the rape and sexual battery of a teenage girl.
Virginia Johnson, 38, was arraigned this morning in Barberton Municipal Court on felony charges of rape, permitting child abuse, sexual battery, disseminating sexual material involving a minor and unlawful restraint.
Sgt. Dave Brown of the sheriff's department said detectives began investigating Johnson and her longtime friend, Stephan Brothers, 40, after receiving information that the pair were allegedly sexually assaulting the girl.
Brown said the abuse allegedly began three years ago.
Sheriff's detectives executed a search warrant at Brothers' home in Green and at Johnson's Uniontown residence on April 22. Detectives recovered cameras, computers and computer hardware.
Brothers was found dead in the garage area of his home by detectives during the April 22, search. His death was ruled a suicide.
Johnson is being held in the Summit County Jail on a $100,000 bond. ..News Source.. by Carl Chancellor, Beacon Journal staff writer
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Deceased Green man, Stark woman under investigation for sexual abuse of teen
SUMMIT COUNTY — The Summit County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the alleged sexual abuse of a teen girl by her relative, Virginia Johnson, of Hartville, and deceased Green resident Stephan Brothers.
Detectives raided the homes of both April 22 after the girl reported the abuse. Deputies recovered cameras, computers and computer hard drives.
According to a preliminary report by the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office, Brothers, 40, of Raber Terrace, was found dead inside his garage April 28 from carbon monoxide poisoning in an apparent suicide.
Johnson, 38, faces charges of rape, permitting child abuse, sexual battery, disseminating sexual material involving a minor and unlawful restraint. She is being held in the Summit County Jail on a $100,000 bond.
Johnson was arraigned in Barberton Municipal Court June 18 and the case was transferred to Summit County Common Pleas Court for a June 27 hearing. ..News Source..
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