Twisted Wyoming couple face centuries in prison for ‘having group sex with a child’
A Wyoming couple could face centuries in prison after allegedly arranging and having group sex with a child they provided with drugs.
Jennifer Renee Fahrney, 39, and Richard Allen Turner, 56, both of Rock Springs, face dozens of felony charges after their Oct. 22 arrest.
Fahrney has 66 felony convictions and faces a maximum sentence of 858 years in prison Cowboy stands daily. An affidavit filed alleged that she induced the teenage girl to engage in sexual acts with her boyfriend over several months.
They were arrested by Rock Springs police at a home on Pilot Butte Avenue after a warrant was issued for a child welfare check. Police and Family Services had previously visited the home and were refused entry, a spokesperson said police statement.
Officers found urine and animal feces throughout the property, exposed wires, minimal food, medications and “extreme filth” in the home, along with three minor children.
Four adults – including Fahrney and Turner – were arrested.
The victim, a woman, told Detective Jennifer Saloga that someone helped her inject meth into her arm because she didn’t know how to do it herself. She also admitted to having sex with Turner, according to Cowboy State Daily.
The girl did not tell police who injected the drug into her, but reportedly admitted that Turner performed sex acts on her several times.
Jennifer Renee Fahrney, 39, (pictured) and Richard Allen Turner, 56, both of Rock Springs, face dozens of charges after their Oct. 22 arrest. Fahrney has 66 felony convictions and faces a maximum sentence of 858 years in prison.
The female victim told detectives she had sex with Turner multiple times (pictured). Fahrney allegedly arranged for them to have sex with the minor several times over a year. The victim also said someone injected her with meth, but did not say who
According to an affidavit, Fahrney allegedly arranged sexual acts between the girl and them for more than a year. She also saw Turner and the girl having sex.
Police found Fahrney arranging the sexual encounters with a contact on her phone with the caption: “My biggest mistake.” Through the contact, the suspect tried to ensure that the girl had sex with different people, according to Cowboy State Daily.
Saloga also found pornography on Turner’s phone, the affidavit alleged.
More than 50 of Fahrney’s charges involve sex crimes against a child, while nine involve exposing that child to drugs.
Turner – who had an outstanding warrant for his arrest for failing to register as a sex offender – has two cases pending in two different courts. One of his cases was at the misdemeanor level, while he is expected to be arraigned in the other on January 27.
In the Sweetwater County case, he faces 13 counts of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor. Each of these can be punished as a sexual offense, punishable by life imprisonment.
He is also accused of giving minors drugs and sexually abusing them on three occasions, which would amount to 20 and 10 years in prison respectively.
In a second case, he faces 24 charges of child pornography, each offense carrying a prison sentence of up to 10 years.