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Eight Arrested In Sex Trafficking Ring Linking Central Jersey To Mexico: State Police Eight Arrested In Sex Trafficking Ring Linking Central Jersey To Mexico: State Police
Eight Arrested In Sex Trafficking Ring Linking Central Jersey To Mexico: State Police New Jersey State Police have arrested eight suspects for allegedly operating a sex trafficking network in Central Jersey. During a four-month investigation, detectives discovered that the suspects smuggled female victims into the country and forced them into prostitution, State Police said. On Jan. 21, detectives from the State Police Missing Persons & Human Trafficking Unit obtained information that a juvenile was being trafficked out of a residence on Hudson Street, in Trenton, they said. Later in the day, detectives along with members of the State Police T.E.A.M.S. Unit, K-9 Unit, C…

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by Jon Craig
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PA Man Who Sex Trafficked 15-Year-Old Girl Learns His Fate PA Man Who Sex Trafficked 15-Year-Old Girl Learns His Fate
PA Man Who Sex Trafficked 15-Year-Old Girl Learns His Fate A Philadelphia man who sex-trafficked a 15-year-old girl was sentenced Monday, June 6 to 17 to 40 years in state prison, authorities said. Andrew Hall, 29, pleaded guilty on Feb. 28 to a slew of charges, including human trafficking of a minor, statutory sexual assault of a minor, promoting prostitution of a minor, and photographing child sex acts, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Hall was arrested on Aug. 21, 2020, when Bensalem police officers were called around 12:30 a.m. to the Best Western on the 3400 block of Street Road on a report of child prostitut…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Jersey Shore Man Tried To Pay Elementary School Girl $800 For Sex: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Man Tried To Pay Elementary School Girl $800 For Sex: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Man Tried To Pay Elementary School Girl $800 For Sex: Prosecutor A 41-year-old Monmouth County man has been indicted for attempting to pay an elementary school girl for sexual intercourse, authorities said. On Saturday, Feb. 5, a Monmouth County Grand Jury indicted Adalberto Garcia-Velasco for first-degree promoting prostitution, first-degree manufacturing child pornography, second-degree luring, second-degree attempted sexual assault and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. On Nov. 23, 2021, Bradley Beach police were contacted by the staff at a local elementary school when they …

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by Jon Craig
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Missing Underage NJ Girl Rescued From Sex Trafficking Trio Missing Underage NJ Girl Rescued From Sex Trafficking Trio
Missing Underage NJ Girl Rescued From Sex Trafficking Trio An underage girl who'd been reported missing was rescued from a trio of South Jersey human traffickers who were prostituting her, authorities said. Marquise Ogawa, 28, Chyaire Lee, 26, and Jazmin Scott, 21, all of Lawnside, were being held in the Camden County Correctional Facility in Camden, charged with various child prostitution, trafficking and endangerment counts. The victim was reported missing out of Voorhees in late October of last year, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck and New Jersey State Police Supt. Col. Patrick J. Callahan said in a joint release Tuesday. Detectives fro…

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by Jerry DeMarco