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Local Interim Madam Pleads Guilty To Sex Trafficking Local Interim Madam Pleads Guilty To Sex Trafficking
Local Interim Madam Pleads Guilty To Sex Trafficking An interim madam who ran a local prostitution network for about a month has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking. On Thursday, March 11, Virginia Maldonado, 32, of Springfield, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts, said. Maldonado was a co-conspirator of William Coleman who pleaded guilty in 2020 to sex trafficking crimes. Maldonado managed Coleman’s prostitution business on a temporary basis while he was in jail for 30 days. She took instruction from Coleman while he was in jail and took photos of female …

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by Kristin Palpini
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Local Pimp's Accomplice Faces Life In Prison For Recruiting, Exploiting Prostitutes Local Pimp's Accomplice Faces Life In Prison For Recruiting, Exploiting Prostitutes
Local Pimp's Accomplice Faces Life In Prison For Recruiting, Exploiting Prostitutes A Springfield woman has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from her work recruiting vulnerable females into a life of forced sex work, violence, and drug addiction. On Tuesday, March 9, Shannon Yelinek, 36, of Springfield, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts, said. Yelinek was accused of working with co-conspirator/pimp William Coleman who pleaded guilty to sex trafficking crimes in September 2020 and received a sentence of 186 months in prison. Coleman operated a prostitution business that used violence and drug addiction as mea…

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by Kristin Palpini