Daddy's little girls....LOL

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This may not be the correct forum for this but, I think it's funny as hell...


CHAT LINE LURE WAS A ROBBERY SCHEME

A man called a late-night phone chat line on Sunday, and was invited to come have sex with two young women at their home.


When he showed up, he was beaten, robbed and threatened with charges of statutory rape by their father.

And it's probably not the first time this scheme was pulled, said Capt. Kim Frey, Cincinnati police.

James Merida, 40, and his two daughters, Amie Campbell, 28, and Ashley Merida, 20, of the 1900 block of Knob Court, have been arrested on robbery charges.

"I think these people found a new way to victimize others," Frey said.

"They find people who are an easy mark and found a way to intimidate and scare these men into thinking they could be involved with a more serious crime."

After the victim came to meet the girls about 10 p.m., Merida rushed into the house by kicking in his own door, police said.

He accused the man of fooling around with his daughters. Merida said the girls were underage, then beat the victim and took more than $200 from him, according to police.

After interviewing neighbors, police think this is not the first time the trio has done this, although they are not sure how many other victims there are.

It's the claim that the girls are underage that might stop victims from coming forward, Frey said.

"It's an embarrassing type of crime," she said.

"The men didn't think they were going there to have sex with a juvenile ... so now the guys are thinking, 'I'm in trouble.' Most guys probably took their lumps and went away quietly," she said.

The victim, a 55-year-old man from Warren County, declined to comment.

Police are investigating five or six other complaints about people involved in similar situations.

Police are encouraging anyone else to come forward.

"They need come make a report," Frey said.

"They've been duped. They've been set up, lured to the place with the intent to be robbed."

Merida and his daughters are being held on $50,000 bail each.