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Deputies: Day care worker bound, gagged girl for photos
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Published: February 8, 2012
Updated: 02/08/2012 12:10 pm
A day care worker who volunteers in schools paid a 12-year-old girl to pose for photographs while she was bound and gagged, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said.
Steven J. Andrews, 29, of 426 Roanoke St., Dunedin, was charged with sexual performance by a child.
Andrews worked part time at Child's Nest Day Care Center, 7345 Jackson Springs Blvd., Tampa, and volunteered for Pinellas County schools at Dunedin Middle and Dunedin High, deputies said.
Detectives said Andrews agreed to pay the girl $100 to dress in various outfits while bound and gagged, and he took photos of her. Investigators said it was unclear how much money the girl actually received.
At least three meetings between the girl and Andrews took place between August and Sunday in a home in north Pinellas County, investigators said. The girl's mother contacted deputies Sunday after her daughter told her about the meetings, investigators said.
Detectives said there may be other victims.
Anyone with information should call Cpl. Dennis Garvey at (727) 582-6200.
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