Payton Shires.Photo:Colombus Police Department
Colombus Police Department
AnOhio social workerpreviously accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old she counseled is now accused of showing up to the boy’s house with a gun, according to multiple reports.
Payton Shires, allegedly showed up at the home Thursday evening, despite not being allowed to be there, and threatened to kill the teen’s mother and herself, according to reports fromThe Columbus Dispatch,WBNSandNBC4, which cite court documents.
Court records indicate that Shires is charged with two counts of witness intimidation. Previously, she was charged with sexual contact with a minor.
Shires was initially arrested on Oct. 6 and released on bond the next day under the condition that she have no unsupervised contact with minors, court records say.
The original charges date back to Sept. 27, when the boy’s mother allegedly found text exchanges between her son and Shires, which includes a video that investigators say was of the two having sex, according to reports, which cite court documents.
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The Dispatchreported that Shires had allegedly called the teen’s mother and said she’d ruined her life, according to the court records.
Days later, investigators discovered a video they claim shows the two in different kinds of sexual activities in locations across Columbus, court documents allege, according to the outlet. Investigators claim the alleged incidents took place in September, per the outlet.
It is not clear if Shires has entered a plea to the new charges.
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source: people.com
