Ohio Woman Allegedly Poses As 14-Year-Old Boy, Pursues Teenage Girl

By: Naimah Jabali-Nash
Topics: Daily Blotter

Patricia Dye (Warren County Sheriff, WKRC)

WARREN COUNTY, OHIO (CBS/WKRC) Police have arrested 31-year-old Patricia Dye of Franklin, Ohio, for impersonating a 14-year-old boy in order to have sex with a teenage girl.

Dye, a petite woman who stands at 4 feet 11 inches, went by the alias "Matt Abrams" when pursuing the young girl. She made her boyish look more believable when she reportedly cut her hair into a short, androgynous style, said CBS affiliate WKRC.

Police started an investigation after the teenage girl fled from a hotel in June when she discovered that Dye was really a woman - and not the teenage boy she appeared to be. "They were boyfriend-girlfriend," reported Sgt. Bob Marchiny to the Dayton Daily News. "(Dye) looks just like a boy."

Dye was arrested June 30 and admitted to posing as a boy.

She appeared in court July 6 facing charges including unlawful sexual conduct with, and contributing to, the delinquency of a minor. The judge sent Dye's case to a grand jury Tuesday following the pretrial hearing.

Dye has no prior criminal record. She is being held on $100,000 bond in the Butler County Jail.

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by JanaMirh July 14, 2010 6:22 PM EDT: The girl was 16 years old, not 14. The fake boy posed as 14 years old. There is a big difference, at that age.; Reply to this comment


by JanaMirh July 14, 2010 6:21 PM EDT: The girl (the real one) is 16 years old, not 14. The fake boy was a 31 year old woman, posing as a 14 year old. So, the 16 year old must have thought a 14 year old boy hasn't "matured" yet, so the "soft hands" (man who do little labor have soft hands too, so not a very good way to tell, especially for a child of 14); Reply to this comment


by hamsterattack July 11, 2010 4:07 PM EDT: too bad she lacks what every normal woman really wants. a long hard...; Reply to this comment


by raydernation July 9, 2010 6:50 PM EDT: she does look like a boy, the 14 yr old wasn't paying attention. All she had to do was look for the tell tale signs, small soft hands, no adams apple. You have to pay attention. This is not unusual, theres many cases like this invovling adults. There was a case like this here in L. A. the woman who was posing as a man always insisted the room be completely dark when they had sex, she said she didn't believe in taking showers together, she would never let her lover fondle her. They were together for 5 years, Explain that one.

People like this are very skilled at what they do, they are masters of deception.; Reply to this comment


by confused2byu July 9, 2010 2:17 PM EDT: Not sure what is more disturbing; what the 31 year old did or the fact a the 14 year old girl went to a hotel to engage in sex with a boy she met over the internet. Doesn't this type of thing usually turn into a missing or slain teen story?; Reply to this comment

by newsterI July 9, 2010 1:38 PM EDT

LOL what an idiot that 14 year old must be, couldnt tell this woman was not a young boy, she barely looks like a boy- way to feminine looking, no facial hair either, and then what about his um "chest"? totally flat??

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by jwesel1 July 9, 2010 9:08 PM EDT: Perhaps you never heard that love is blind

by Peeled July 9, 2010 1:33 PM EDT

A 31 year old lesbian predator lured a 14 year old child by posing as a boy. She's not sick because she's gay, she's sick because she tried to have intercourse with a child.

There are plenty of gay women in the world. What she did was indefensible and criminal.

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by edixope4842 July 9, 2010 4:54 PM EDT: "She's not sick because she's gay"

Not everybody agrees with ya on that kiddo-just because you say it's so don't make is so. The APA may instead simply be a bunch of cowards.


by AnnieDanny July 9, 2010 1:30 PM EDT: Very creepy.; Reply to this comment


by M_Miles July 9, 2010 1:09 PM EDT: Is the Attorney General going to step in and stop prosecution as he did for Samir Shabazz?

http://indyposted.com/31589/the-racism-of-king-samir-shabazz-and-the-new-black-panther-party/; Reply to this comment


by 6591Hou July 9, 2010 12:50 PM EDT: Pedophilia isn't relegated to just the male of the species.; Reply to this comment