How Could You? Hall of Shame-Ashley Goodrich UPDATED

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From Saugus, Massachusetts, a “Lynn woman was indicted in connection with trafficking a minor for sexual servitude in Boston and Worcester from a Saugus group home where she worked and where the victim lived, Attorney General Maura Healey said.

Ashley Goodrich, 27, was indicted Thursday by a grand jury on four charges of trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude, one count of deriving support from prostitution of a minor and four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor in connection with trafficking a minor for commercial sexual exploitation.

Goodrich, a former employee of Eliot Community Human Services, targeted and recruited the minor while working at the group residence, investigators said.

Goodrich posted ads online offering sexual services in exchange for money, investigators said. Goodrich then drove the minor to these sexual encounters in Boston and Worcester and coordinated them during times when the minor had run away from the home, investigators said.

Goodrich was arraigned and released on personal recognizance.

The residence was a home for minors referred from the Department of Children and Families to provide congregate care for adolescents and was operated by Eliot in Saugus.”

Group home worker accused of selling teen in program for sex

[WVCB 10/5/18]

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Update: “A 27-year-old Lynn woman accused of using her position at a Saugus group home to recruit a child to perform sex acts for money in Boston and Worcester last year, pleaded not guilty to charges in Suffolk Superior Court Monday.

Ashley Goodrich was indicted by a statewide grand jury Sept. 27 on four counts of trafficking a minor for sexual servitude; one count of deriving support from prostitution of a minor; and four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to the office of Attorney General Maura Healey.

She pleaded not guilty to charges of trafficking of a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a child at her arraignment in Suffolk Superior Court Monday.

Jeffrey Steven Bourgeois, an attorney for the state, said Goodrich brought the child, who she met through her position at the Eliot Community Human Services in Saugus, to Boston “and performed commercial sexual activity.”

The charges in Suffolk Superior Court pertain to a December 2017 incident in Boston, Bourgeois said. Bourgeois and Goodrich’s attorney Nicole Bluefort agreed to consolidate the case in Worcester Superior Court, where it originated.

The investigation into Goodrich began in May, according to Healey’s office.

Goodrich formerly worked at the Eliot Community Human Services in Saugus. Prosecutors say she used that position to target and recruit a minor at the group home, which provides care for adolescents referred from the Department of Children and Families.

She then arranged sexual encounters involving the minor, Healey’s office said in a statement.

 

Goodrich pleaded not guilty to three counts of trafficking a person under 18 for sexual servitude, one count of deriving support from child prostitution and three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child at her arraignment in Worcester Superior Court Oct. 5.

She was released on personal recognizance and ordered to have no contact with the victim, witnesses, any former or current residents of the group home and any former or current employees of the company.

Authorities said Goodrich posted ads online offering sexual services in exchange for money. She would then drive the minor, whose gender is unclear, to the sexual encounters in Boston and Worcester, coordinating those meetings during times that the minor had run away from the group home, the statement said.”

Ashley Goodrich pleads not guilty to trafficking a minor who lived in Saugus group home

[Massachusetts Live 11/19/18 by Jacqueline Tempura]

Update 2:“A Saugus group home worker accused of driving a teenage resident to Worcester to prostitute her was sentenced to three years of probation last week in Worcester Superior Court.

Ashley Goodrich, initially charged by Attorney General Maura T. Healey in 2018 with trafficking a minor for sexual servitude, among other counts, pleaded guilty to lesser charges, records show.

Goodrich, who was 27 the year she was charged, admitted to one count of enticing a person into prostitution and four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Upon a joint motion of her lawyer and Healey’s office, she was not required to register as a sex offender.[Why Not?]

“All of our sentencing recommendations are made with full consideration of the unique facts and circumstances of each case, including input from victims and witnesses, as well as any relevant prior history of the defendant,” Emalie Gainey, a spokesperson for Healey, wrote in an email.

According to court documents, Goodrich was not determined to be a danger to society or a risk to reoffend. Her lawyer, Nicole Bluefort, couldn’t be reached Friday afternoon for comment.

Court documents show Goodrich admitted that, while working as a staffer at a now-defunct group home in Saugus, she brought a teenage girl out “on several occasions” in 2017 to engage in “commercial sexual activity.”

She will be placed on probation for three years, with terms, the AG said, including that she continue with a current course of mental health treatment, be evaluated for substance abuse and follow-up with treatment if deemed needed, stay away from the victim and her family and seek or maintain employment.

Goodrich will not be allowed to work or volunteer with “vulnerable populations,” the AG said, including children, the elderly or the disabled. ”

Former group home worker gets probation in teen prostitution case

[Telegram & Gazette 7/2/21 by Brad Petrishen]