DAYTON — Kenneth Brandt, already indicted on 31 counts of felony rape in Miami County involving three boys who were living with him, was indicted on seven more felonies Friday in Montgomery County.
The grand jury also indicted a Dayton man, Patrick Rieder, of four counts of rape of a child under 13. The victim in that case is one of the children who were living with Brandt.
Brandt, 39, of Troy, is the adoptive father of two of the boys as well as a daughter, all between the ages of 9 and 12 years old. He is accused of allowing Rieder and Jason M. Zwick, to have sex with one of the boys.
Zwick, 29, of Beavercreek, was indicted in Miami County on three counts of rape. That indictment, along with Brandt’s indictment in that county, was handed down in March.
In Montgomery County, the grand jury approved three counts of rape of a child under 13 and four counts of complicity to commit rape against Brandt.
The three men were arrested in February as the result of an undercover investigation on Craigslist by the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The investigation began in January.
Investigators said initial contact was with Zwick. According to a police report, Zwick told an undercover detective, who was posing as the father of two boys, that he had just met a man who had allowed him to have a sexual encounter with his juvenile son.
Zwick then introduced the detective, via the Internet, to Rieder who also said he had a sex with the boy. The detective was eventually introduced to Brandt.
The sexual assaults involving Zwick are alleged to have happened at Brandt’s home. The sexual assaults involving Rieder are alleged to have happened at Rieder’s home in Dayton.
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