Ohio woman pleads guilty in forced-labor case [View all]
Source: The Associated Press
Ohio woman pleads guilty in forced-labor case
The Associated Press
November 22, 2013 Updated 8 minutes ago
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — An Ohio woman accused of using ice cream to lure a mentally disabled woman and her child to captivity pleaded guilty Friday in a forced-labor case.
Dezerah Silsby, 21, entered the plea in U.S. District Court under the terms of a sealed plea agreement.
There was no immediate comment from her attorney in response to a request. The government wouldn't say whether she had agreed to testify against her co-defendants.
The U.S. attorney's office said she pleaded guilty to four counts of an indictment charging her with threatening the victim, beating her and making her do housework. Authorities say the ordeal lasted from early 2011 to late 2012.
Two other defendants face trial in February. A fourth has pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate.
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