Crime & Safety

A Polk County Woman Is Accused Of Selling Multiple Naked Photos She Took Of Child

The Polk County Sheriff's Office and the St. Petersburg Police Department found multiple child pornography images.

A 38-year-old Lakeland woman was arrested in St. Petersburg on child pornography charges.
A 38-year-old Lakeland woman was arrested in St. Petersburg on child pornography charges. (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office )

LAKELAND, FL — A Lakeland woman faces multiple child pornography charges in connection with a plan to sell naked photos of a child online, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.

Erica Larrow, 38, was arrested on charges of transmitting child pornography. She could face additional charges.

Department of Children and Families was notified by police. It is unclear what became of the child in the images.

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Larrow was in the Pinellas County Jail without bail. She will later be moved to the Polk County Jail.

She is accused of selling the 11 homemade images of a naked child in her care on two occasions to two people, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

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Sheriff's deputies and St. Petersburg police officers arrested Larrow at a house in St. Petersburg.

"Sexually exploiting children is one of the vilest crimes we deal with in law enforcement," Sheriff Grady Judd said. "Thanks to a tip and the great work of my detectives, a child victim has been rescued and a sexual deviant is behind bars."

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