Kettering woman accused of forcing teen girl into prostitution

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A Kettering woman is accused of forcing a 16-year-old girl into prostitution and taking explicit images of the teen.

Haley Blythe, 26, was indicted Friday by a Montgomery County grand jury for trafficking in persons, endangering children, compelling prostitution, promoting prostitution, two counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material of performance and a misdemeanor count of contributing to the unruliness or delinquency of a child.

Haley B. Blythe. Photo courtesy of Montgomery County Jail.

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The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case, which involves a runaway Blythe reportedly took in, said Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Greg Flannagan.

The child was a foster youth from a neighboring county that was placed in Montgomery County, according to a release from the Miami Valley Human Trafficking Task Force.

The alleged incidents happened between Sept. 3 and Nov. 7, 2024, according to the indictment.

Blythe was arrested Friday and booked in the Montgomery County Jail.

She is scheduled to be arraigned Jan. 22 in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court.

For those with information regarding suspected human trafficking, tips can be reported to the Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center at 937-225-4357.

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