A judge has lowered the bail for a trio of people arrested in Saco after a 26-year-old woman said they held her against her will and forced her to have sex for money, though all three remain in York Count Jail.
Lydia Ross Sholl, 26, of South Portland, Tiana Clark, 27, of Medford, Mass., and Wayne Hick of Scarborough appeared by video arraignment Wednesday in York District Court on charges of kidnapping. Their bail had been set at $100,000 following their arrest Monday at the Sunrise Motel.
Bail was lowered for Sholl and Clark to $25,000. Hick had his bail lowered to $1,000 as long as he agrees to a Maine Pretrial Services contract, which sets out certain conditions beyond the usual bail restrictions.
Bail is intended to protect the safety of the community and ensure a defendant’s appearance at trial.
None of the three has yet met the lower bail, police said. Police expect the three will be indicted by a grand jury which will include additional charges. Police say they are investigating charges of promoting prostitution because the alleged victim said she was held against her will and forced to work as a prostitute after meeting the three at a Portland shelter.
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