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Jamestown NY woman pleads guilty to corruption of minors

A Jamestown, NY woman has pled guilty to charges that she made a child participate in drug deals.

Renee L. Rogers, 35, entered a guilty plea to charges of possession with intent to deliver and corruption of minors before Judge Gregory Hammond on Monday.

In exchange for the plea, charges of endangering welfare of a child was not prosecuted.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, Rogers was arrested following an investigation that started when a 12-year-old female student disclosed that Rogers was making her be present at and assist in drug sales.

Police were called by Warren County Children and Youth Services to conduct an interview at the juvenile’s school, where she told police that “on multiple occasions, (Rogers) would make her be present for a drug deal of morphine, and then make the juvenile hold onto the money she received for the morphine until they returned home.”

The juvenile said during the interview that Rogers told her the reason she wanted her to hold the money after drug deals was because if the money was ‘marked’ by police, the juvenile would be at fault because she had it on her person.

The juvenile recounted more than one drug deal that she had been made to participate in: At locations including the south end of the bike/hike trail and in an alleyway outside McDonald’s.

During a transaction on Sept. 23, 2018, the juvenile told police, Rogers made her “get out of bed and walk with her” to the location, where the juvenile stated they met the same man she’d met during other drug deals, and that “Rogers sold to him at his vehicle.”

She told police that during that deal, “upon leaving the area, (Rogers) again forced her to hold onto the money.”

Online court records indicate that Rogers has been behind bars in the Warren County Jail since October 22, 2019.

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