McDowell County woman pleads guilty to child pornography
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Published: Dec. 1, 2021 at 5:41 PM EST
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) - A McDowell county woman plead guilty to a child pornography charge on Wednesday.
Reports say that Lacosta Steele, 25, of Iager, admitted to persuading a 12-year-old girl to engage in sexually explicit conduct in October and November of 2020.
Steele admitted to sending images of the child to her then-boyfriend. She also admitted that she transported the child to R.D. Bailey Lake, and her then-boyfriend sexually abused the child.
Steele pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography. She faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and is scheduled to be sentenced on April 4, 2022.
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