Couple ‘proposed children as young as two to strangers online for sex and plotted to film the abuse’

Two people have been arrested following a shocking investigation into child sexual abuse – with one allegedly trying to solicit men to have sex with a child.

On June 26, Ashley Crawley, 26, and James Tripp, 29, were arrested after Grovetown police received a Cybertip from the online chat platform “MeetMe.” It provided crucial information that someone in the area was trying to get men to have sex with a child.

According to authorities, the investigation revealed that Crawley allegedly created sexually explicit “content” and sold it online to various apps. Some of the sickening “content” was created with children deliberately present in the videos to get extra money.

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Authorities say the youngest of the children is only 2 years old. Further investigation revealed that Tripp allegedly planned and asked Crawley’s permission to have sex with one of the children. Since their arrest, Crawley has been charged with two counts of child molestation and one count of computer or electronic pornography and the Child Exploitation Prevention Act of 2007.

Meanwhile, Tripp has been charged with one count of criminal attempt to commit incest and one count of criminal attempt to commit sexual assault on a minor. Crawley is being held at the Columbia County Detention Center on $60,300 bail while Tripp is also in jail on $50,200 bail.

According to investigators, the children were removed from the home and placed in the care of the Division of Family and Children Services. The investigation is expected to be ongoing and new charges are expected to be filed.

It comes as a middle school teacher was accused of sexually abusing three boys under her care aged 13 to 14, allegedly sending them disgusting Snapchats and committing sexual acts with at least one of them. ‘between them, and more than once.

Cassidy (Branning) Kraus, 24, resigned from his position at IKM-Manning Middle School in the district of the same name, located in Manning, Iowa – a rural community nestled between Sioux Falls, the capital of Des Moines, and Omaha , Nebraska. , located on the border of Iowa and Nebraska – in August.

She was charged with three counts of disseminating obscene material to minors, two counts of lascivious acts on a child and one count of third-degree sexual abuse.

A press release from the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office obtained by the Des Moines Register and other local media alleged that the disgraced educator “engaged in multiple sexual acts with three different students, the youngest of whom was 13 years old,” while teaching the same students at the same middle school she attended as a child, according to her Facebook page.

The sheriff’s office said it conducted the investigation in partnership with the Manning Police Department, which ultimately led to Kraus’ arrest. On Friday morning, October 20, she reportedly posted $10,000 bail and was released from jail. This comes after court documents obtained by Law&Crime stated she may not be eligible for bail.