Group home worker accused of selling teen in program for sex

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SAUGUS, Mass. — A Lynn woman was indicted in connection with trafficking a minor for sexual servitude in Boston and Worcester from a Saugus group home where she worked and where the victim lived, Attorney General Maura Healey said. Ashley Goodrich, 27, was indicted Thursday by a grand jury on four charges of trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude, one count of deriving support from prostitution of a minor and four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor in connection with trafficking a minor for commercial sexual exploitation.

Goodrich, a former employee of Eliot Community Human Services, targeted and recruited the minor while working at the group residence, investigators said.

Goodrich posted ads online offering sexual services in exchange for money, investigators said.

Goodrich then drove the minor to these sexual encounters in Boston and Worcester and coordinated them during times when the minor had run away from the home, investigators said.

Goodrich was arraigned and released on personal recognizance.

The residence was a home for minors referred from the Department of Children and Families to provide congregate care for adolescents and was operated by Eliot in Saugus.

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Group home worker accused of selling teen in program for sex