Blue Ridge, Ga – Magistrate court set bond at $75,000 for the couple who attempted an unlawful adoption by inducing a Fannin County mother to give up her child for a vehicle.
The order to reinstate bond for Rebecca and William McClain was filed on July 11, 2019, by their attorney Robert Ferguson and presented to the Fannin County Magistrate Court with Judge Brian Jones presiding and Assistant District Attorney Morris Martin representing the State.
Rebecca McClain knowingly attempted to persuade a mother into giving away her baby.
Bond set at $75,000 per person established conditions for McClains to maintain once their release, including a mandatory mental health evaluation within 30 days of release. The couple can’t leave the state of Georgia, keep firearms, submit to random drug and alcohol testing, and no contact with Fannin County DFCS, anyone underage, witnesses, the parents of the child, or the child.
William McClain attempted to illegal adopt a child by encouraging a trade with the mother.
In the affidavit, GBI Agent Jamie Abercrombie attests that Rebecca and William McClain knowingly individually and as a unit attempt to induce the child’s mother into parting with her child on June 25 between the hours of 5 and 8 p.m. at their Fannin County home.
If they violate any of their bond conditions, the offending party will be arrested and returned to jail.
The couple, Rebecca and William McClain had been caring for the ten-month-old child for several weeks and expressed interest in adopting.
Fannin County Sheriff’s Office called GBI on Wednesday, June 26 for assistance in an unlawful adoption investigation, where a local couple tried to convince the mother to sign over her parental rights for a vehicle.
GBI conducted a search of the McClain’s home on Laurel Crossing on Thursday, June 27. Abercrombie arrested the pair for directly or indirectly holding out an inducement to a biological parent to part with his or her child. This is in accordance with O.C.G.A. 19-8-24.
Fannin County Sheriff’s Office booked the two felony charges of unlawful inducement for the McClains – one count for each individual. The couple was unemployed at the time of booking.
Rebecca McClain is a former employee of Union County DFCS. The organization’s currently assisting with the GBI investigation.
The baby was found in good condition and was placed in foster care by DFCS.
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Justice for the Perez kids and there mom Brittany Warren cause this bitch
Dfcs in blairsville Georgia ain't no better nobody wanted to hear my story and its to late for me. My kids were taken into custody by DFCS and my rights were terminated for moral abuse there is no sasaeng on record of moral abuse yet they got away with it because I couldn't get No help my lawyer I believe was paid to lose by DFCS because he was court-appointed I couldn't afford one to represent me they kept using the same pictures over and over and over and over and nobody would say anything you might want to investigate them too because the minute my rights were terminated by the courts they were adopted
Fannin is just as bad.Done the same to my daughter.
They are the absolute worst. If only things would truly come to the surface.
being poor sucks
If the couple was taking care of the baby why would anyone take it out of a good loving home?? The 19 year old im sure loves the baby but knew she couldn't provide for it... I think its wrong to take the baby away from the only family its know and put it in foster care.... God be with that baby!!! ❤