YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Prosecutors and defense attorneys
are set to outline their arguments at the Ohio trial of two people
charged with enslaving a mentally disabled woman for two years with her
child.
Opening statements were scheduled Wednesday in federal
court in Youngstown at the trial of 27-year-old Jordie Callahan and
32-year-old Jessica Hunt. They pleaded not guilty.
Authorities say
the victim was forced to do housework in Ashland while she and her
child were threatened with a python or pit bulls. The defendants are
accused of looting her bank account and public assistance.
Police
got involved when the woman was arrested for shoplifting a candy bar and
asked to be jailed because people had been mean to her.
The judge says the trial could last three weeks, and 60 witnesses may testify.
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Prosecutors and defense attorneys
are set to outline their arguments at the Ohio trial of two people
charged with enslaving a mentally disabled woman for two years with her
child.
Opening statements were scheduled Wednesday in federal
court in Youngstown at the trial of 27-year-old Jordie Callahan and
32-year-old Jessica Hunt. They pleaded not guilty.
Authorities say
the victim was forced to do housework in Ashland while she and her
child were threatened with a python or pit bulls. The defendants are
accused of looting her bank account and public assistance.
Police
got involved when the woman was arrested for shoplifting a candy bar and
asked to be jailed because people had been mean to her.
The judge says the trial could last three weeks, and 60 witnesses may testify.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.