FEASTERVILLE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania couple is accused of child endangerment after police said they gave away their 14-year-old daughter to a man who helped them financially. The friend has been charged with sexually assaulting the teenager, who had two children with him.
Officials acting on a tip Thursday found 51-year-old Lee Kaplan at his Feasterville home, along with 12 girls ranging in age from 6 months to 18 years.
According to an affidavit, the girl’s father, Daniel Stoltzfus, told an officer he gave his daughter to Kaplan after he helped the family out of financial ruin. He told police he thought it was legal after he did some research online.
Kaplan faces a number of charges including statutory sexual assault and aggravated indecent assault. Stoltzfus is charged with conspiracy of statutory sexual assault and child endangerment. His wife, Savilla Stoltzfus, is charged with endangering the welfare of a child. All three are being held on $1 million bail.
The Stoltzfuses told police they were going to lose their farm until Kaplan “came out of the blue and saved them from financial ruin,” said Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler.
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