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MS-13 Gang Members Convicted Of Beating, Sex Trafficking Teen Girl Across Maryland And Virginia MS-13 Gang Members Convicted Of Beating, Sex Trafficking Teen Girl Across Maryland And Virginia
MS-13 Gang Members Convicted Of Beating, Sex Trafficking Teen Girl Across Maryland And Virginia Seven MS-13 gang members from Maryland and Virginia may spend the rest of their life behind bars after being convicted of sex trafficking in federal court for taking in a teenage runaway and coercing her into having commercial sex acts. Federal officials announced the prosecution of the street gang members, who took in the runaway from northern Virginia and introduced her to members of MS-13 in 2018, telling her "they would be her family and protect her if she joined the gang,” prosecutors said. The gang members then proceeded to beat the teen more than two dozen times with a baseball bat …

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by Zak Failla
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Georgia Man Allegedly Sexually Assaulted, Choked Virginia Woman Twice: Police Georgia Man Allegedly Sexually Assaulted, Choked Virginia Woman Twice: Police
Georgia Man Allegedly Sexually Assaulted, Choked Virginia Woman Twice: Police A man from Georgia was arrested in connection with a sexual assault that happened at the end of last year in Virginia, authorities said.  Mark Menjivar, 27, of Valdosta, Georgia, apparently choked a woman while sexually assaulting her in Woodbridge, Virginia on October 24, 2021, Prince William County Police said.  The 24-year-old female victim said Menjivar, who she knew, inappropriately touched her and assaulted her while the two were outside a home in the 5600 block of Reardon Lane, police said. During the altercation, Menjivar grabbed the woman's throat while pulling her towar…

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by David Cifarelli