Behind Bars! 25-Year-Old Man Arrested For Endangering Rosie O'Donnell's 17-Year-Old Troubled Daughter
Aug. 22 2015, Updated 2:45 p.m. ET
Steven Sheerer, the 25-year-old man that had been hosting Chelsea O'Donnell's daughter when she was declared missing last week, has been arrested and charged with 3rd degree endangering the welfare of a minor and distributing obscenity to a minor.
The arrest comes after police reportedly found "evidence of inappropriate communications over the last several weeks between Sheerer and Chelsea" in the teen's phone, which was searched with Rosie's permission.
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As RadarOnline.com reported, Rosie O'Donnell's daughter had been missing for a week before she was reunited with with her mother Tuesday night. The 17-year-old, who had reportedly stopped taking medicine for her mental illness, was found staying with Sheerer, a convicted heroin dealer that she had met on Tinder.
Now, Sheerer is being held on $40,000 bail in an Ocean County, NJ jail, facing up to five years in prison for each of the charges if convicted.