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The legal problems faced by Beasley, a self-styled chaplain and youth mentor, are mounting: His attorney said a prostitution case involving the 52-year-old Beasley and a 17-year-old boy would be upgraded with a racketeering charge Friday.
The drug and prostitution cases in Akron are unrelated to a widening Craigslist homicide investigation.
Investigators say someone trying to lure robbery victims posted a bogus ad on Craigslist touting a cattle farm job in southeast Ohio.
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The bond revocation in the drug case for failing to appear for a Sept. 6 trial and the $1 million bond in the prostitution case allow authorities to hold Beasley as the Craigslist investigation continues.
A 15-count count indictment returned Wednesday charges Beasley with promoting prostitution and, in the case of a 17-year-old boy, compelling prostitution. The teen’s involvement allegedly occurred from early November 2009 through late December 2010.

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His attorney said 52-year-old Richard Beasley felt weak Thursday and deputies in Akron provided the wheelchair. Lawyer Rhonda Kotnik says Beasley’s mother fears he suffered a stroke.
Beasley mentored a 16-year-old boy charged in what authorities say was a lethal robbery scheme using a bogus Craigslist job ad to lure victims. A complaint against the teen says he participated in the crimes with Beasley.
A hearing for the teen in Noble County was continued Wednesday. A judge will decide if Brogan Rafferty of Stow will be bound over to be tried as an adult.
Beasley did not speak in court Thursday and did not respond outside to a shouted question of whether there were more bodies.
He was indicted Wednesday in a prostitution case in which he has been jailed on $1 million bail.

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The legal problems faced by Beasley, a self-styled chaplain and youth mentor, are mounting: His attorney said a prostitution case involving the 52-year-old Beasley and a 17-year-old boy would be upgraded with a racketeering charge Friday.
The drug and prostitution cases in Akron are unrelated to a widening Craigslist homicide investigation.
Investigators say someone trying to lure robbery victims posted a bogus ad on Craigslist touting a cattle farm job in southeast Ohio.
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The bond revocation in the drug case for failing to appear for a Sept. 6 trial and the $1 million bond in the prostitution case allow authorities to hold Beasley as the Craigslist investigation continues.
A 15-count count indictment returned Wednesday charges Beasley with promoting prostitution and, in the case of a 17-year-old boy, compelling prostitution. The teen’s involvement allegedly occurred from early November 2009 through late December 2010.

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The legal problems faced by Beasley, a self-styled chaplain and youth mentor, are mounting: His attorney said a prostitution case involving the 52-year-old Beasley and a 17-year-old boy would be upgraded with a racketeering charge Friday.
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A 16-year-old boy, Brogan Rafferty of nearby Stow, faces juvenile charges of aggravated murder, complicity to aggravated murder, attempted murder and complicity to attempted murder in the death of one man and the shooting of another.The complaint against Rafferty says he participated in the crimes with Beasley, who has not been charged in the Craigslist case.Beasley walked into court but later complained that he felt ill, and he was wheeled by deputies before the judge. He ignored reporters’ questions outside court on whether there are more buried bodies and about his relationship with Rafferty.His attorney, Rhonda Kotnik, said later that Beasley’s mother is worried that he has displayed symptoms of a stroke. Beasley is taking medication for back pain, Kotnik said.His emotional state “is distraught. He’s a …

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Craigslist Murders: Purported Chaplain’s Criminal Past Includes Managing Prostitutes
The self proclaimed “chaplain” allegedly at the center of the Ohio Craigslist murder spree has an extensive criminal record that includes managing more than a dozen prostitutes and selling drugs.
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So far, Beasley is not charged in connection with those deaths. He was arrested on previous charges related to prostitution and drugs.
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A court document from Summit County, Ohio, shows that Beasley was accused by the Akron Police Department of 15 prostitution-related charges in December 2010.
“Between Nov. 2009-Dec. 2009, suspect did recruit, supervise, manage, transport and profit from prostitutes engaged in prostitution,” the document states.
Beasley allegedly managed 14 prostitutes, including a 17-year-old. The document states that Beasley was aware of the teenager’s age.
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These misdemeanor charges were dismissed following a court-related technicality, but the felony prostitution charges were upheld. Beasley is currently being held on a $1 million bond.

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CALDWELL, Ohio—An Ohio teenager charged with aggravated murder in a scheme authorities say lured Craigslist job-seekers into lethal robberies is not a monster, but a “scared little boy,” his mother says.The 16-year-old high school student from Akron was questioned by the FBI and arrested Nov. 16 after a South Carolina man said he answered the ad seeking a farm hand, was shot in the arm and escaped from the woods of southeastern Ohio.The teen currently faces juvenile court charges of attempted murder, complicity to attempted murder, aggravated murder and complicity to aggravated murder.The complaint against the teen alleges that he participated in the Oct. 23 slaying of David Pauley and the Nov. 6 attempted murder of Scott Davis. The complaint says the boy participated in the alleged crimes with Richard Beasley, 52, a man said to have acted as a mentor to the teen. Beasley remains jailed on unrelated prostitution charges.A judge in Noble County, 90 miles south of Akron, is expected to decide Tuesday aft …

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An Ohio teenager charged with aggravated murder in a scheme authorities say lured Craigslist job-seekers into lethal robberies is not a monster, but a “scared little boy,” his mother says. The 16-year-old high school student from Akron was questioned by the FBI and arrested Nov. 16 after a South Carolina man said he answered the ad seeking a farm hand, was shot in the arm and escaped from the woods of southeastern Ohio. The teen currently faces juvenile court charges of attempted murder, complicity to attempted murder, aggravated murder and complicity to aggravated murder. The complaint against the teen alleges that he participated in the Oct. 23 slaying of David Pauley and the Nov. 6 attempted murder of Scott Davis. The complaint says the boy participated in the alleged crimes with Richard Beasley, 52, a man said to have acted as a mentor to the teen. Beasley remains jailed on unrelated prostitution charges. A judge in Noble County, 90 miles south of Akron, i …

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The mother of an Ohio teenager charged with attempted murder in connection with a phony Craigslist job scheme that proved deadly says her son is not a monster, but a “scared little boy.” The 16-year-old high school student from Akron, Ohio was arrested on Nov. 16 after being questioned by the FBI regarding a South Carolina man who said he was led out to the woods on Nov. 6 after answering the Craigslist ad and shot in the arm before escaping. A judge in Noble County is expected to decide Tuesday afternoon whether the boy will be tried as an adult. A hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. The Noble County prosecutor has asked that the boy be transferred to an adult court. The Associated Press generally does not identify juvenile suspects and is not naming the teenager or his mother. Meanwhile, a 52-year-old man said to have acted as a mentor to the teen remains in jail on unrelated prostitution charges. Ri …

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Meanwhile, a 52-year-old man said to have acted as a mentor to the teen remains in jail on unrelated prostitution charges.
Richard Beasley’s mother says her son would take the teen to church almost weekly, go fishing, play video games and involve him in volunteer work.
The teenager’s mother paints another picture of Beasley — that of a man who threatened her son and who once said that he knew where the teen lived and that “I know where your mother lives.”
Whatever the nature of the relationship, it apparently ended this month after the teen was charged with attempted murder.
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Police say the halfway house was a front for prostitution, the newspaper reported, and Beasley was awaiting trial on prostitution and drug charges when authorities took him into custody this month.

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Beasley, a self-described minister, has been jailed on unrelated prostitution charges. Messages were left with his attorney seeking comment. The AP generally does not identify juvenile suspects and is not naming the teenager or his mother.
Beasley has a criminal record dating to the 1980s. He was convicted in Texas of burglary and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in 1985, sentenced to a 40-year prison sentence and placed on parole for 34 years in 1989. Previous charges in Ohio include aggravated menacing, tampering with evidence, possession of criminal tools and illegal cultivation of marijuana, court records show.
Following Beasley’s return to Akron in 2003, he ran a halfway house, helped deliver food to the poor and vouched for fellow offenders, telling judges they had changed their ways, the Akron Beacon Journal reported over the weekend.
Police say the halfway house was a front for prostitution, the newspaper reported, and Beasley was awaiting trial on prostitution and drug charges when authorities took him into custody this month.

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