Evaluation ordered for woman who allegedly aided in rape of child

Published 10:55 am Friday, December 21, 2012

A mental evaluation was ordered Wednesday for an Ironton woman charged with helping a man rape a toddler.

Alice Reffitt, 21, of the 1000 block of South First St., charged with first-degree complicity to rape and second-degree pandering obscenity involving a minor, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court.

Judge D. Scott Bowling ordered the evaluation and will schedule a pretrial in the case once the results are returned.

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According to the indictment, Reffitt “did with knowledge of the character of the material or performance involved, create, direct or produce an obscene performance that has a minor as one of its participants.”

Co-defendant in the case, Jeremy Curry, 22, of South Point, is accused of raping a 2-year-old, a first-degree felony, and also previously pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

Evaluations of Curry were returned but have not been admitted into evidence. Attorneys representing Curry will cross-examine the mental evaluator to find reasons for why they believe the evaluation should not be admitted.

In other cases:

• Carl Carpenter, 38, of 3811 County Road 31, Chesapeake, admitted to community controlled sanctions violations and pleaded guilty to fifth-degree breaking and entering. Bowling sentenced the man to one year and 11 months in prison.

• Steven Easterling, 36, of 2102 S. Eighth St., Ironton, admitted CCS violations. Bowling sentenced Easterling to six months in prison.

• Walter Plumley, 35, of 26 Private Drive 385, Chesapeake, admitted CCS violations. Bowling sentenced the man to 22 days in jail and ordered him to pay $250 per month in restitution.

• Joshua Porter, 24, of 1134 Madison Ave., Huntington, W.Va., admitted CCS violations. Bowling extended Porter’s CCS commitment an additional year and ordered him to pay $300 per month in restitution.

• Brenda Ritchie, 28, of 972 County Road 18, South Point, was arraigned on a bill of information of third-degree theft of a firearm, to which she pleaded guilty. Bowling set sentencing for Jan. 9 after a pre-sentence investigation.

• Jeffrey Sammons II, 30, of 217B Township Road 1430, South Point, was arraigned on four counts of fifth-degree breaking and entering, to which he pleaded not guilty. Bowling set bond at $20,000 cash plus an own-recognizance bond.

• Benjamin Stafford, 32, of 1718 Lexington Ave., Flatwoods, Ky., admitted CCS violations. Bowling sentenced the man to 20 days in the county jail.