Gender identity, age of consent complicate Warren County case

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Gender identity, age of consent complicate Warren County case

By Lawrence Budd, Staff Writer Updated 2:48 PM Saturday, August 7, 2010

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LEBANON — Warren County prosecutors searching Ohio law for felonies to file against Patricia Dye found a charge for rapists who pretend to be someone's husband to lure their victims.

But the search failed to find any felony fitting the unique facts in the case of the 31-year-old Franklin woman accused of pretending to be a boy named Matt to help build sexual relationships with teenage girls in Springboro and Middletown.

"It's something we looked at extensively," said Matt Nolan, spokesman for the county prosecutor's office. "There's nothing like that."