Indiana Woman Accused of Molesting Baby

(Muncie, Indiana) Last week, a 21-year-old local woman, Ashley Stapert, admitted to fondling and performing a sex act on a six-month-old baby girl, her friend's daughter.

Upon medical examination, the baby girl was found to have acquired sexually transmitted genital warts.

Stapert faces charges of felony child molestation and felony criminal deviate conduct.

The probable cause stated the baby’s mother allowed Stapert and Stapert’s boyfriend at the time to stay with her because she believed they were homeless. The mother said she knew the couple and allowed them to babysit her baby.

The baby’s mother told police she learned of the alleged molestation after Stapert and her boyfriend told others about the incident.

Stapert was booked into custody at the Delaware County Jail without bond. The boyfriend is being sought.