Woman delivered her 17-year-old relative to be raped by West Virginia police chief for $50, feds say



A woman in West Virginia agreed to hand over her 17-year-old female relative to be raped by a local police chief in exchange for modest cash payments, federal prosecutors claimed this week.

On two separate occasions last June, 28-year-old Kristen Naylor-Legg agreed to provide her female relative, a minor, to former Gauley Bridge Police Department Chief Larry Allen Clay Jr. so that he could have sexual intercourse with her, the Justice Department said in a press release.

According to court documents and statements, Naylor-Legg admitted that on the first occasion, Clay paid her $100 for fulfilling her end of the arrangement. On the second occasion, Clay agreed to pay her $50 but ultimately never gave her the money.

The Justice Department reported that Naylor-Legg pleaded guilty on Wednesday on the charge of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of a minor under the age of 18. She now faces up to life in prison during her sentencing and will need to register as a sex offender.

Clay, who also worked as an employee of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department, has been charged with conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of a minor via coercion and sex trafficking of a minor via coercion, the press release stated. His trial is scheduled for November.

In charging documents, prosecutors allege that Clay was well aware of the minor's age because he and Naylor-Legg had discussed the girl's upcoming birthday, the Washington Post reported.

Naylor-Legg allegedly sent photos of the girl's naked body to Clay prior to the encounter. Then in June, she agreed to bring the minor to a rendezvous spot. Clay arrived in a police vehicle and wearing his uniform. He allegedly made the girl perform oral sex on him before raping her on top of the police vehicle while Naylor-Legg was present.

On the second occasion, the three allegedly met at a police substation inside a city-owned community center. Investigators later found DNA evidence from both Clay and the minor present inside the substation.

The Post added that Clay and Naylor-Legg were also engaging in sexual intercourse and that one time, after being caught, they attempted to coax a minor into joining them. Clay reportedly sought to make similar arrangements for at least one other officer in the area.

Prosecutors argue that Clay should bear the full weight of responsibility for his crimes, given that he abused his position of power and authority to hurt a child.

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Rick Perry shares why one Texas courthouse will defy Biden's order to lower American flags for slain service members



Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced Friday that at least one Texas county courthouse will defy President Joe Biden's declaration ordering American flags at half-staff to honor American service members who died in the terrorist attack at the Kabul airport this week.

What did Biden do?

Hours after the terrorist attack — which killed 13 U.S. service members and more than 160 Afghan civilians — Biden ordered all American flags to fly at half-staff until sunset on Monday, Aug. 30.

Biden said in a statement:

As a mark of respect for the U.S. service members and other victims killed in the terrorist attack on August 26, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, August 30, 2021.

I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.

What did Perry say?

Perry said the courthouse in Fayette County, Texas — which borders Austin County, where the state capital is located — will defy the order because of how Biden facilitated the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

"The Fayette County Courthouse won't be flying the American flag at half-staff today as ordered by President Joe Biden. Before he was a Judge, my friend Joe Weber was a General in the Marine Corps," Perry began.

"He knows the best way to honor the Marines and Navy Corpsman who were killed yesterday in Kabul is to recognize their selfless service and sacrifice by flying Old Glory high and proud," Perry continued. "That's what they would want; that's what their families would want."

"We have dipped our colors and bent the knee to terrorists under this Administration. No more, at least not in Fayette County, Texas," Perry, also an Air Force veteran, added. "Semper Fi."

Anything else?

The Pentagon released the names of the fallen service members on Saturday.

  • Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Darin T. Hoover, 31, of Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Marine Corps Sgt. Johanny Rosariopichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts
  • Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, 23, of Sacramento, California
  • Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, California
  • Marine Corps Cpl. Daegan W. Page, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska
  • Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez, 22, of Logansport, Indiana
  • Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David L. Espinoza, 20, of Rio Bravo, Texas
  • Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz, 20, of St. Charles, Missouri
  • Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, 20, of Jackson, Wyoming
  • Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga, California
  • Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco, California
  • Navy Hospitalman Maxton W. Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio
  • Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss, 23, of Corryton, Tennessee

Their bodies are currently being flown back to the U.S., the Washington Post reported.