3 charged in Ohio with enslaving mother, daughter

CLEVELAND (AP) — Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period.

Federal agents and Ashland police said today the trio forced the woman to do housework, threatened her and the girl with violence and fed their pets better than the victims.

The break in the case came when Ashland police, checking an abuse allegation made by one suspect against the mother, went to the apartment where the trio allegedly enslaved her.

The suspects, Jordie Callahan, Jessica Hunt and Daniel Brown of Ashland, were charged with forced labor.

They were held to await a federal court hearing. No attorneys were listed for them in court records.

The names of the victims rescued last month were withheld.