Rieder is charged with four counts of rape of a child younger than 13 .
A 10-year-old boy told Troy police that his adoptive father, Kenneth H. Brandt, drove him to Rieder’s Dayton apartment, where Rieder had sex with the boy. The boy also told police that Rieder videotaped the incident, according to an affidavit filed to acquire a search warrant for Rieder’s apartment.
Gehres shook his head while reading paperwork about Rieder’s case. Rieder did not speak during his appearance via video connection.
Dayton police on Monday removed 40 items from Rieder’s apartment . They included a “white bucket (with) kids toys,” baggies containing marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia, according to police.
Brandt, 39, of 1045 Nutmeg Square North in Troy, is charged with raping his three adopted sons, ages 9, 10 and 12. He is also accused of allowing Rieder and Jason M. Zwick, 29, of 3620 Sequoia Drive in Beavercreek, to have sex with one of the boys.
New charges against Brandt were filed in Dayton Municipal Court on Thursday, including one count of rape of a child younger than 13 and four counts of complicity to commit rape.
Also Thursday, Ann Stevens, spokeswoman for Montgomery County Children Services, confirmed that Brandt was a foster parent for the county from May 2008 to October 2009. Two children were placed with him during that time but stayed in his home for a week only, she said.
“The placement didn’t work,” said Stevens, who declined to elaborate on why the children were moved.
Stevens was not sure where Brandt lived when he was a foster parent for Montgomery County, but added that foster parents can live outside of the county and must to be licensed by the state. Brandt bought his Troy home in April 2004, according to Miami County Auditor records.
All four of the children taken from Brandt’s home last week, including a 9-year-old adopted girl, were from Texas. Troy police had speculated that Brandt previously served as a foster parent to other children from Texas, but Capt. Chris Anderson said Thursday “that was an incorrect assumption on our part.”
Officials in the Dayton office of the Federal Bureau of Investigations said that after meeting Thursday with local police jurisdictions and the U.S. Attorney’s Office , they will not pursue federal charges at this time but will continue their investigation.
“We believe that (Brandt) has had other foster children,” said Tim Ferguson of the Dayton FBI office.
The FBI is trying to determine how many foster children were placed with Brandt, where they currently live and whether any of them were victimized.
Police first learned of the rape allegations when an agent with the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force connected with Zwick through an advertisement on the website Craigslist. The Ohio ICAC informed Troy police about digital conversations with Zwick, Rieder and Brandt on Feb. 24. Through email conversations, instant messages and text messages, the Ohio ICAC concluded that Brandt had allowed Zwick and Rieder to have sex with one of his adopted sons.
According to authorities, Brandt later told Troy police that he had sex with one of the boys, and Brandt’s four adopted children told police Brandt had sex with all three boys. The children are currently in the custody of one of Brandt’s relatives.
“She’s cooperating,” Ferguson said of the relative, adding that Miami County Children Services will determine whether the children stay in the relative’s care.
Brandt remains in Miami County Jail on an $800,000 bond. He is charged in Miami County Municipal Court with three counts of rape and one count of compelling prostitution. His preliminary hearing has been set for 1 p.m. Tuesday in Miami County.
Zwick is in the Miami County Jail on a $500,000 bond, and he is charged in Miami County Municipal Court with one count of rape. His preliminary hearing has been set for 1 p.m. Wednesday.