Woman who pretended to be boy indicted on sex charges

LEBANON — The 31-year-old Franklin woman who authorities said pretended to be a 14-year-old boy to get close to a teenage girl has been indicted on misdemeanor charges of sexual imposition, attempted sexual imposition and contributing to the unruliness of a minor.

Patricia Dye, also known as Matt Abrams, was indicted on the charges by a Warren County grand jury, according to a list issued by court officials Monday, Aug. 2.

Dye was arrested in June after police found her alleged 16-year-old victim wandering the streets of Franklin malnourished and with sores on her feet. Three days earlier, on her 16th birthday, the girl had run away from her Springboro home while her mother was undergoing surgery.

The sexual imposition and attempted sexual imposition charges stem from alleged sex acts in May at the girl’s home, while she was still a 15-year-old, said Matt Nolan, a spokesman for the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office. The contributing charge alleges Dye assisted the girl in running away, Nolan said.

The grand jury declined to indict Dye on a felony charge of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, which requires the victim to have been younger than 16.

Police said they have interviewed other girls who say they had relationships with Dye, but no charges have been filed.

“We don’t have any other victims at this point that we’re prepared to come forward with,” Nolan said.

Dye, who is being held on $100,000 bond, will be arraigned today, Aug. 3, in Warren County Juvenile Court. All charges will be handled in the juvenile court because contributing to the delinquency, the most serious charge, is filed in that court, Nolan said.

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