According to the indictment, Schweitzer "used, persuaded, induced, enticed and coerced a minor, John Doe (DOB 2003) to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction" which was then sent to a child born in 2002.
The charges appear to be in connection with an investigation initiated by the Joplin Police Department after it received reports Schweitzer had sent nude photos of herself to three boys, age 14, 14 and 13. It was during that investigation that they came across the evidence indicating Schweitzer had sex with the 13-year-old.
Schweitzer's first appearance was held today in U. S. District Court in Springfield. She will remain behind bars until a detention hearing and scheduled conference is held 2:45 p.m. Tuesday.
Schweitzer is scheduled to go on trial in April in Jasper County Circuit Court on a felony statutory rape charge for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old student at her home March 29.
She is also charged with three felony charges, kidnapping, statutory rape, and statutory sodomy in Newton County for allegedly taking the same 13-year-old boy to the Water's Edge Camp Ground and having sex with him.
Two lawsuits have been filed in Jasper County Circuit Court in connection with the case.
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Maximum penalties and sentences should be handed down to anyone convicted of this type of crimes.
ReplyDeleteRidiculous that anyone would behave in this manner. I would say she is mentally ill, except that would just provide her with a defense. So instead I will say she is a pervert.
How embarrassing for her family. She had sex with a child.