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BUCYRUS, OH (CRAWFORD COUNTY NOW)—Lovell Wareham, 33, formerly of Bucyrus, faced arraignment in Crawford County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday facing serious allegations of exploiting a minor and intimidation.
Currently serving a prison sentence for previous domestic violence and intimidation charges, Wareham’s latest case involves disturbing accusations concerning the daughter of a woman he has been in a long-term relationship with.
According to court documents, Wareham reportedly forced the victim to take nude photographs using his phone from November 2024 to March 2025, unbeknownst to the child’s mother.
Just weeks before his recent prison sentence, Wareham allegedly confessed a desire to engage in sexual activities with the minor, not realizing this confession was recorded by the victim’s mother. She contacted authorities.
The Crawford County Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation. After speaking with the victim, they became aware of the nude photographs possibly still on Wareham’s phone.
Further inquiry into recorded jail calls revealed that Wareham instructed his mother to hide the device.
When authorities eventually got a search warrant and seized the phone from Wareham’s mother, they found the pictures the victim had described.
Upon learning from his mother that police had his phone, Wareham told his mother he would “die in prison.” Collaboratively, the two of them devised a false narrative to discredit the victim and the mother.
The scheme led to the arrest of Wareham’s mother, Stacy Brady, 53, who is currently held in Crawford County Jail on a $200,000 bond and faces charges of intimidation for submitting a false report to law enforcement.
Assistant Crawford County Prosecutor Dan Stanley informed the court that Wareham has been indicted on 27 counts, including illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material, intimidation, and importuning.
Crawford County Common Pleas Court Judge Sean Leuthold set Wareham’s bond at $1 million, ordering him to remain in custody in Crawford County as he awaits trial.
Crawford County Now will continue to cover this developing case.