A 25-year-old black male has been charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse in connection with a St. Louis teenager who was held captive in his home for three years

St. Clair County State's Attorney Brendan Kelly said that Steven Elliot Johnson had sex with the then underage girl. Johnson's mother, 54-year-old African-American Owida Johnson, was charged with two misdemeanor counts of child endangerment. Both are in St. Clair County Jail. Steven Johnson was being held on $2 million bond, his mother on $15,000 bond.