Patricia Dye, 31

Woman allegedly poses as boy, solicits sex from Springboro teen

LEBANON, Ohio — A Franklin woman pretended to be a 14-year-old boy named Matt Abrams to get close to a Springboro girl, authorities said.

Patricia Dye, 31, of Franklin, remained in the Warren County Jail on Tuesday, July 6, charged with unlawful sexual conduct with and corruption of a 16-year-old Springboro girl in late May at the girl’s home.

Dye, who used the alias Matt Abrams, is 4 feet 11 inches tall, smaller than the 5-foot-5 victim, according to police reports.
“They were boyfriend-girlfriend,” Sgt. Bob Marchiny said. “(Dye) looks just like a boy.”

Police began investigating Dye after the girl ran away from a hotel where they had been living together for three days in June. The girl did not realize Dye was a woman, Marchiny said.

“We realized the person she was with wasn’t who we thought she was,” Marchiny said.

Dye, arrested on June 30 in Franklin, admitted to pretending to being a boy, Marchiny said.

“It’s not an easy thing to do,” Marchiny said.

Dye is charged with corruption of a minor and unlawful sex with a minor. A charge of importuning, or soliciting sex with the girl, was dismissed after a pretrial hearing Tuesday, according to prosecutors.

On Tuesday, Judge Donald Oda sent the case to a grand jury after a pretrial hearing in Warren County Court. Dye remained in the Warren County Jail on $100,000 bond.

Dye, who lived with her parents at a hotel in Franklin, has no local criminal record. No other charges have been filed.

Police are investigating whether there are other victims, Marchiny said.

Boy oh boy, these women predators just get dumber and more desperate every day, don't they?

She does look like a guy.

Wow, that is a strange story.

This is disturbing, and sounds like something straight out of a David Kelly story.

Something very weird about female sex predators, and how easy they tend to skate. My question, though, is how did the 16 year old girl not suspect something was off...how many guys are 4'11?