FORT BEND, Texas — The Fort Bend County Sheriff\u2019s Office has arrested and charged a man with Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child and a woman with Endangering a Child by Criminal Negligence.<\/p>\n
The suspects, Steven Carty, 47, and Cherry Jamila Payton, 39, are currently in the Fort Bend County jail. Carty has a $100,000 dollar bond and Payton has a $10,000 dollar bond.<\/p>\n
On June, 5, 2017, the Fort Bend County Sheriff\u2019s Office was notified by CPS of a possible Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child.
\nA 14 year old female stated to a doctor that she was married and sexually active. The victim also stated that she had been married since she was 13 years old.<\/p>\n
On June, 19, 2017, deputies arrested the \u201chusband\u201d Carty and charged him with Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child, which is a first degree felony.<\/p>\n
On June, 21, 2017, deputies arrested and charged the girl\u2019s mother, Payton, with Endangering a Child, which is a state jail felony.<\/p>\n
\u201cI find the whole situation terribly disturbing,\u201d said Sheriff Troy Nehls. \u201cThe victim was a child when she entered this so called marriage with a much older man and she is still a child who needs us to look after her well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n
This investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FORT BEND, Texas — The Fort Bend County Sheriff\u2019s Office has arrested and charged a man with Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child and a woman with Endangering a Child by Criminal Negligence. The suspects, Steven Carty, 47, and Cherry Jamila Payton, 39, are currently in the Fort Bend County jail. Carty has a $100,000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":108929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1,54],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n