Pedo, 69, ‘sexually abused victims who years later brought their own kids to him to be raped’
A PEDOPHILE allegedly traded drugs in exchange for sexual access to children for possibly “decades” before later raping the children he abused as kids as well, according to prosecutors.
Larry Dean Porter, 69, is accused of raping three girls — one of whom was seven years old — and filming himself doing so after giving their parents illegal drugs in Ohio, US Attorney Dave DeVillers said on Wednesday.
As part of the scheme, the drug-addicted parents apparently helped transport the children to Porter’s house, an unsealed federal indictment and criminal complaint said.
Nine people have been charged in the case and according to the Columbus Dispatch, Porter’s adult daughters, Crystal and Denna, tried “to hide evidence after her father’s arrest.”
They’re accused of taking items like digital storage devices to keep them away from law enforcement.
“Mr Porter raped these young women,” DeVillers. “Mr Porter filmed himself raping these young women.”
“He was helped by other individuals … who provided children to Larry Porter to be raped, to be filmed,” the prosecutor said on Wednesday.
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, who’s worked in law enforcement for 32 years.
“There’s no more egregious case than what we’re standing before you today to discuss.”
DeVillers said that, occasionally, allegations come along that call into question “our confidence in humanity” — and added: “This is one of those cases.”
DeVilelrs said the alleged abuse began in 2013 and continued until this year, and investigators believe there are more victims.
Porter was arrested earlier this year as part of a sting operation done by the local sheriff’s office.
He allegedly offered $80 to a detective who was posing as a parent online who wanted access to a seven-year-old girl.
Court documents allege that after he was arrested, Porter tried to have family members and others lie about things he had done.
Porter, according to federal prosecutors, “was involved in sexually abusing minors, and that such abuse was occurring with the consent of the minors’ parents who were receiving illegal controlled substances from Porter.”
Per the criminal complaint, Porter used “the term “babysit” to refer to the time “during which he sexually abused them or took sexually explicit images of them.”
DeVillers said that Porter lured adults in by selling them pain pills — and once they were addicted, he allegedly gave them drugs in exchange for sex with their children.
The 69-year-old is also accused of trading drugs for sex with adult women.
The indictment stated that Porter also possessed several guns and used them to threaten the adult women and girls against revealing his sexual abuse.
Hoffman said those charged in the case “not only turned their backs on these children, these victims, but actively attempted to cover up their abuse.”
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He’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.
Eight others are facing felony counts in the case; Porter has since been appointed a public defender and is being held without bail ahead of his first court appearance.