Mom Who Let Daughters Get Raped Gets Prison Time

ATLANTA, GA — A Fulton County woman will spend the next couple of decades in prison after pleading guilty to allowing her daughters, ages 5 and 6, to be raped for money.

Morgan Summerlin, 25, was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison, with 20 to serve and the rest on probation, the Fulton County District Attorney's office announced.

Summerlin pleaded guilty to charges of first-degree cruelty to children, enticing a child for indecent purposes and trafficking a person for sexual servitude last month.

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Earlier, a jury found 78-year-old Richard Office guilty on charges of rape, child molestation, trafficking, enticing a child for indecent purposes and sexual battery in the case. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus 146 years.

The other man, Alfredo Trejo, 53, was convicted in February of rape, child molestation, sexual battery, enticing a child for indecent purposes, sex trafficking and aggravated child molestation. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison, followed by life on probation.

In April of last year, the two girls, who are sisters, were living with temporary legal guardians because Summerlin was in jail in Bay County, Florida. One morning, the girls said that, while they were in their mother's custody, a man whom they called "Pop" touched them inappropriately and raped the 5-year-old.

They told their guardians that Summerlin took them to men's homes to be molested and raped. In the case of "Pop" — who would later be identified as Office — evidence would show that Summerlin took the girls to his home in Palmetto, a city located in Fulton and Coweta counties.

While Summerlin waited in the the living room, Office took the girls to his bedroom, where he kissed and touched them both. He raped the younger girl while the 6-year-old rubbed his feet. Afterward, he gave the girls $100 — which their mother immediately took.

The girls' grandmother, Teresa Davison, pleaded guilty to second-degree cruelty to children in the case for failing to protect the girls after they told her they were being sexually abused. She was sentenced to five years, with one to serve. That sentence was commuted to the jail time she had already served.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Constance C. Russell handed down the sentence in the case.

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