York County Woman Tries To Trade Teen
A 15-year-old girl has been placed with the Department of Social Services after a 32-year-old woman had been accused of attempting to trade the teenager for an undisclosed amount of crack cocaine.
The woman who tried to negotiate a swap of the teen for drugs is being held in the York County Jail. WBTV of Rock Hill reported that woman was officially charged with illegal neglect toward a child. According the police report, the 15-year-old girl told sheriff’s deputies she was punched while riding in a car with the above-mentioned woman from Chester to Lake Wylie. Also noted in the report, the officer who spoke with the girl found a plethora of severe injuries; scrapes on her hands, knees, and elbows, bruises on her arms and legs, a swelling left-eye, and a knot on the back of her head.
The girl was able to get in contact with the police through the wife of the man who was in negotiations for the teen. The wife had caught the man having an affair with the female trader, and after seeing the teen's injuries agreed to take her to the York County Sheriff's Office.
