A suspect involved in the cover-up of a scheme in Scioto County to trade drugs for an accused pedophileâs access to children is set to plead guilty on May 11.
Ralph Aldridge, of Columbus, was accused of supplying marijuana to 69-year-old Larry Dean Porter, the man at the center of the allegations. Porter, according to federal court records, traded drugs to the parents/guardians in order to rape their children.
Following Porterâs arrest in a sting set up by the Jackson County (Ohio) Sheriffâs Office, court records show Aldridge and other associates and kin to Porter tried to destroy evidence of the crimes, including digging up a mason jar containing an SD card depicting a child being sexually assaulted in Porterâs bedroom.