Stacey Ann Louder (left) and Amanda Lynn Gregorio (Luzerne County Correctional Facility).
Two Pennsylvania women were accused of horrifically abusing a 12-year-old girl — and the alleged abusers were her own mother and grandmother.
Stacey Ann Louder, 52, and Amanda Lynn Gregorio, 35, were arrested on Monday following an investigation that began in September 2024. According to arrest reports obtained by local news outlet The Citizen’s Voice, the girl was first taken into custody by Luzerne County Children, Youth and Families after she was hospitalized for seizure-like symptoms. During the visit, Gregorio — the girl’s mother — allegedly admitted to giving the girl 50 mg of Benadryl and 60 mg of melatonin before she began showing symptoms.
From there, investigators uncovered more about the girl’s home life.
According to the arrest reports, the girl’s trip to the hospital sparked concern among the medical professionals who treated her. They suspected abuse based on injuries she had including bruising and scars from being restrained to her bed.
The girl was asked about being restrained by police, and she told them it “hurt” and “made her mad.” She also reportedly told police that she was forced to relieve herself while restrained in her bed, where she would remain for long periods of time. According to the report, Louder and Gregorio installed cameras in the girl’s room to make sure she didn’t escape.
The alleged abuse extended to forcing the girl to eat cat food, which Gregorio admitted to a witness on the phone, authorities said. The witness also said that Gregorio told her she didn’t like restraining her daughter, but that Louder — Gregorio’s mother and the alleged victim’s grandmother — was “making” her do it.
Prosecutors said that the girl’s weight had dropped to 50 lbs.
Luzerne County District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce said in a statement, “The abuse of this child offends the sense of decency of every mother, grandmother, and otherwise respectable person imaginable. Once again, the very people to whom this child would look to keep her safe, were her assailants.”
Louder and Gregorio were each charged with aggravated assault of a victim less than 13, conspiracy, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, endangering the welfare of children, recklessly endangering another person, simple assault and tampering with evidence. They were held on $125,000 cash bail at Luzerne County Correctional Facility.
Both women are due in court on May 6.
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