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Police arrest 51-year-old Lee Kaplan who claims teen was gifted to him by parents – 12 girls aged 6-months to 18-years living in his Pa home rescued

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6 class&equals;"title">Lee Kaplan&comma; 51&comma;  had a house full of unidentified females including babies he made with some of the girls&comma; held for statutory sexual assault with bail set at &dollar;1million<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"title"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;260202&semi;">Cops rescue 12 girls&comma; aged 6 monthe-18 years&comma; found living in Pa&period; home with man<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"title"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;260202&semi;">Homeowner&comma; Lee Kaplan&comma; 51&comma;  claims 18-year-old was &&num;8216&semi;Gifted&&num;8217&semi; to him by her parents when she was 14<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"title"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;260202&semi;">18 year old&comma; mother of 2 girls&comma; she had babies with Kaplan at age 14 and 17&period; Police yet to determine  identity of other nine girls<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"title"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;260202&semi;">Teen&&num;8217&semi;s parents&comma; Daniel Stoltzfus&comma; 43&comma; and Savilla Stoltzfus&comma; 42&comma; admit having &&num;8220&semi;gifted&&num;8221&semi; their daughter to Kaplan after researching legality on internet&comma; because he &&num;8220&semi;saved them from financial ruin&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"title"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;260202&semi;">Charged with statutory sexual assault&comma; aggravated indecent assault and other offenses<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"title"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;260202&semi;">Daniel Stoltzfus charged with conspiracy to commit statutory sexual assault and children endangerment&comma; wife Savilla Stoltzfus&comma; charged with endangering the welfare of a child&period; <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"title"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;260202&semi;">Children placed in protective custody&period; Kaplan&comma; teen&&num;8217&semi;s parents held&comma; bail set at &dollar;1 million each&period;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-36939" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;daniel-stoltzfus3&period;png" alt&equals;"daniel Stoltzfus3&period;png" width&equals;"564" height&equals;"765" &sol;><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Daniel Stoltzfus&comma; gifted his 14 year old daughter to a 47 year old man for financial gains&period; His now charged with Child endangerment&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Authorities in suburban Philadelphia were trying to unravel the mysteries Sunday of a local man found living with 12 girls&comma; one of whom was apparently a &&num;8220&semi;gift&&num;8221&semi; from her financially strapped parents&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police have  arrested Lee Kaplan&comma; 51&comma; after officials say that Kaplan fathered two children with an 18-year-old woman living in his home&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Officials say that at least 11 other females&comma; ranging from 6-months-old to 18-years-old&comma; were found in the home between Thursday night and Friday morning&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Kaplan&comma; 51&comma; was charged with statutory sexual assault&comma; aggravated indecent assault and other offenses after authorities&comma; acting on a tip from a neighbor&comma; found Kaplan at his Lower Southampton home with girls ranging in age from 6 months to 18 years&period; The 18-year-old told police she and Kaplan were the parents of a 3-year-old and the 6-month old&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;They were living in the basement&comma; they were hiding in the chicken coop&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Robert Hoopes&comma; Lower Southampton&&num;8217&semi;s director of public safety&comma; said of the girls&period; He added that the children apparently were home-schooled&comma; that musical instruments and homework were found in the basement&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Authorities said there were no birth certificates for any of the females and cannot find any information about them&period; Furthermore&comma; the children found in the home appear to Amish and none are enrolled in area schools&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police with search dogs spent the weekend sifting through the property for clues&period; Authorities were trying to determine the identity of the other nine girls in the house&comma; including the possibility that all the girls were related&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" wp-image-36932 alignright" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;screenshot-from-2016-06-19-15-26-19&period;png" alt&equals;"Screenshot from 2016-06-19 15-26-19&period;png" width&equals;"469" height&equals;"624" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Savilla Stoltzfus gifted her 14 year old daughter to Kaplan<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>When contacted&comma; the teen&&num;8217&semi;s father&comma; Daniel Stoltzfus&comma; 43&comma; told investigators he and his wife Savilla&comma; 42&comma; &&num;8220&semi;gifted&&num;8221&semi; their daughter to Kaplan about four years ago after researching the legality on the Internet&period; The couple told police they were broke and poised to lose their farm in rural Lancaster County when Kaplan &&num;8220&semi;saved them from financial ruin&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Daniel Stoltzfus faces charges of conspiracy to commit statutory sexual assault and children endangerment&period; His wife was charged with endangering the welfare of a child&period; Kaplan and the couple were being held Sunday on &dollar;1 million bail each&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The neighbors told reporters that they complained about the home three years ago&comma; after suspicions about things not seeming to be right&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A spokesperson for the local police dismissed claims from neighbors that they had been complaining about the living situation in the home for years&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;What kind of call did they &lpar;make&rpar;&quest;&&num;8221&semi; Hoopes asked&period; &&num;8220&semi;That they saw Amish people&quest; That&&num;8217&semi;s the kind of calls we got&period; We didn&&num;8217&semi;t get any child abuse calls&period; If it was a child abuse call we would have responded&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Adding that the police had responded to a call regarding the house at least once in the past&comma; but no probable cause for a search warrant was found&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We believe that they’re originally from Lancaster County in the Amish community&comma;” said Lower Southampton Township Police Lt&period; Ted Krimmel&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Right now we’re working on getting an expert on Amish culture to help us conduct interviews on the rest of these children&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-36930" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;lee-kaplan-home2&period;png" alt&equals;"lee kaplan home2&period;png" width&equals;"632" height&equals;"338" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>The police have sealed off Kaplan&&num;8217&semi;s home as a crime scene<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The children did not appear malnourished and the house was in relatively good condition&comma; he said&period; The house had a greenhouse&comma; and food was being grown&period; The chickens were taken by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Kaplan apparently made money selling model train equipment and had an &&num;8220&semi;elaborate setup&&num;8221&semi; worth thousands of dollars&comma; Hoopes said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Neighbor&comma; Jen Betz told the Associated Press she called authorities because she was concerned about young girls living in the house with boarded windows and high weeds&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They’re so sad and fearful every time I see them&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Betz said&period; &&num;8220&semi;That’s what made me call&period; I’ve been telling my husband for years&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Something isn’t right&comma; something isn’t right&period;’”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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