Ohio woman pleads guilty in forced-labor case

[Judi Lynn]

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.

Read more: http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2013/11/22/3350278/ohio-woman-pleads-guilty-in-forced.html#storylink=cpy

[Scuba]

1. Wouldn't it be easier just to do your own damned housework?

[Hekate]

2. Apparently some people like being slave owners, even without a plantation.

Actually, that's not even

[Scuba]

3. You've nailed it.

[ReRe]

4. Wonder how long it will take before everyone....

... is stark-raving mad? Seems to me like everyone is going nuts.

[NBachers]

5. "The FBI affidavit said Silsby smashed the woman's hand with a rock . . .

"The FBI affidavit said Silsby smashed the woman's hand with a rock so she could go to a hospital and bring back pain medication for the suspects."

They've got to hand down some significant time for all that.