A Gary woman is accused of accepting money so a man could use her 18-month-old daughter in porn movies.



Natisha Hillard, 24, is charged with selling her daughter for the purpose of making child pornography and for allowing the child to participate in the production of child pornography, according to a federal complaint.



Christopher M. Bour, 39, of Gary is charged with buying a child to produce child pornography, producing child pornography and possessing child pornography depicting a child under the age of 12, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday.



The charges cover a period between Aug. 1, 2011 and Feb. 14, 2013.



FBI officials were tipped off after a woman who worked for Bour as a masseuse saw child porn movies running on his computer when visiting him, according to the complaint. Bour rehabbed homes and lived in them during the work, officials said.



Bour tried to get her to photograph him having sex with the child, which he claimed had the mother's consent, according to the complaint.



On Feb. 13, Bour text-messaged the masseuse saying, "I was just seeing if u would hold the camera," the complaint states. The text messages continued with graphic depictions of what he planned to do.



The woman notified authorities, and the woman allowed an FBI agent to assume her identity and continue texting Bour.



Bour later text-messaged again describing what he planned to do with the child, according to the complaint.



The agent asked Bour if he trusted the child's mother and he replied, "Yeah ive done it several times its cool" and said the mother would not be present. He said the child was 1 1/2 years old and that the arrangement began when the child was 4 months old.



FBI agents searched Bour's home the day after the text messages were sent. Bour told investigators he had become interested in child pornography two years ago and would download it, according to the complaint.



Bour and Hillard have been ordered held without bond, according to records.

