A West Virginia man and his step-daughter busted having sex are facing prison for incest — even though they are not biologically related.
Kelcey Nicholas, 28, was caught sleeping with 21-year-old Lataura Jarrett on Sept. 19 at their Mount Nebo home in Nicholas County.
Officers were checking on Nicholas' previous home-confinement charge when they walked in to find the duo in bed. Usually, the couple would not be prosecuted for the incident — as they aren't related by blood and both are over the age of consent.
But they are bizarrely facing as much as 15 years in prison after Sheriff David Hopkins cited state law that a daughter is the natural offspring of a person's husband or wife. As Nicholas is still married to Jarrett's mother, he is technically her father.
The pair was charged with seven counts of incest, reports the Saturday Gazette-Mail.
Nicholas remains in jail while Jarrett was freed on bond. Both will appear in court for a preliminary hearing Thursday.
The pair was charged with seven counts of incest, reports the Saturday Gazette-Mail.
Nicholas remains in jail while Jarrett was freed on bond. Both will appear in court for a preliminary hearing Thursday.
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