Docs: Man sexually assaulted, drugged and bit toddler
Posted June 28, 2019 7:00 am
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Charging documents say a St. Louis man bit and sexually assaulted a 2-year-old girl on the same day that he drugged her with cocaine.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 40-year-old Matthew Miller is charged in Madison County, Illinois, Circuit Court with three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and four counts of aggravated battery. Charging documents say the assault happened Sunday. He also is accused of biting the child on her hand, foot and leg.
Thirty-one-year-old Lacey Take, of Troy, Illinois, is charged in the same case with permitting the sexual abuse of a child and child endangerment.
Miller's bail was set at $1 million and Take's at $500,000.
This June 26, 2019 photo provided by the Madison County State's Attorney's office in Edwardsville, Ill., shows Lacey Take. Authorities say Take, of Troy, Ill. is charged with permitting the sexual abuse of a child and child endangerment in the same case in which Matthew Miller, a St. Louis man bit and sexually assaulted a 2-year-old girl on the same day that he drugged her with cocaine. Miller is charged in Madison County, Illinois, Circuit Court with three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and four counts of aggravated battery. Charging documents say the assault happened Sunday June 23, 2019. He also is accused of biting the child on her hand, foot and leg. (Madison County State's Attorney's office via AP)
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