A Salem mother who told police in December that her 17-year-old daughter worked as a stripper was arrested today after investigators said they uncovered surveillance tape showing the 42-year-old woman watching her daughter dance and giving her money at the south Salem club.

Christina Marie Lopez spoke to several media outlets last year and said she learned her daughter was dancing at Presley's Playhouse Cabaret after finding a pair of questionable shoes in a backpack.

"It makes me sick,"

. "Makes me really sick thinking, you know, she's 17, but to me she still's got a little kid's body."

opened a criminal investigation into the matter, and the

ticketed the club in early February for unlawful activity and permitting a minor to consume alcohol.

During the investigation, detectives obtained surveillance video from the club that showed Lopez watching her daughter, said Lt. Steve Birr, a Salem police spokesman.

Police handed their investigation over to the Marion County District Attorney's office, and arrested Lopez this morning on charges of using a child in display of sexually explicit conduct. She was booked in the Marion County Jail.

Birr said the investigation was complete. No other arrests were made.

"It's just kind of bizarre," he said about the case.

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