Man jailed for molesting, impregnating teenage stepdaughter
The Virginian-Pilot
© May 12, 2007
Last updated: 9:14 PM
NORFOLK - A 52-year-old man has been arrested and charged with taking indecent liberties and carnal knowledge of a minor after he impregnated his teenage step daughter.
James Mingo of Chesapeake remained in jail without bond Friday. He is the step father of Stepfanie Mingo, who pleaded guilty in February 2006 to murdering the child she bore, Syleena. The baby, whose name is spelled Sylena in some records, was about 8 weeks old when she died. The baby had been beaten and starved, and eventually died as a result of meningitis due to infection of her head wounds, with food poisoning contributing.
Stepfanie, now 19, was 17 at the time she gave birth. She is scheduled to be sentenced in June.
Stepfanie's mother, Angela Mingo, was convicted of second-degree murder in April 2006 and later sentenced to 40 years, the maximum for the crime. Angela Mingo watched the child while Stepfanie was at school. During Angela Mingo's sentencing hearing, her lawyer revealed the paternity of Stepfanie's baby. James Mingo is Angela Mingo's ex-husband.
According to the indictments, Mingo began molesting Stepfanie in November 2000, when she was 13. 
James Mingo