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Wednesday, may 22
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Sex Trafficking
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Central PA Massage Parlor Raid Turns Human Trafficking Bust: DA
An additional arrest has been announced in a large-scale sex trafficking ring run out of Pennsylvania massage parlors, authorities said. Zigui "Lisa" Zheng was arrested and charged with operating a corrupt organization and dealing in unlawful proceeds, along with related offenses, Cumberland County District Attorney Sean McCormac said. Significant amounts of cash and other evidence of labor/sex trafficking were found during the raids, he added. Last week, authorities announced the arrest of Min Dong, 54. She was charged for operating corrupt organizations, dealing in unlawfu…
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: Number Of Victims Of Repeat Sex Trafficker Reaches Four In NJ, PA, Authorities Charge
The number of alleged victims of a paroled sex trafficker from New Jersey has reached four, federal authorities said. Amin Sharif, 48, of Newark had been free for a year after serving nearly a decade in federal prison when he returned to pimping women and girls, authorities said. Federal agents seized Sharif on sex trafficking charges in January 2022, and have held him since then, while continuing an ongoing investigation that produced an indictment that cites the additional victims. Sharif "used several social media platforms and profiles to recruit women and minors to engage in sex acts…
Police & Fire
Undercover Officers Run Sex Sting Catching Men From Franklin County: PSP
Undercover officers posing as sex workers led to the arrest of men from four Central Pennsylvania counties, State Police explained in a release on Friday, July 7, 2023. The men were caught during an operation that involved female officers posing as sex workers and placing ads on various internet sites offering to perform sex acts in exchange for money, according to police. The operation was conducted by the State Police Carlisle Criminal Investigation Unit, along with members of the Cumberland County District Attorney's Office CID Unit. The men agree to pay the woman and m…
Police & Fire
PA Man Who Paid Undercover Officer For Sex With 12-Year-Old Gets Prison Time
A 69-year-old man who paid an undercover officer $400 and then an additional $50 for unprotected sex will be spending time behind bars, authorities in Pennsylvania announced. Jeffrey Fralich, of Lititz, pleaded guilty to five third-degree felonies and one second-degree felony for agreeing to pay for sex with a minor.on Friday, June 30, authorities in Lancaster County said. Fralich was sentenced to 1½ to 5 years in prison plus five years of probation, following the 2022 sting, by Lancaster County Judge Dennis Reinaker. Lancaster County District Attorney’s Human Trafficking Task Force (…
Police & Fire
Trans Pedo Who Made Sadistic Sex Videos Of Daughter, 7, Moved To Infamous NJ Women's Prison
A transgender pedophile who produced sadistic sex abuse videos of her 7-year-old daughter has been housed since last summer in New Jersey's notorious women's prison along with her lover, state records confirm. Marina Volz, 34, originally was processed as a man and sent to serve a 25-year sentence at South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton. But a check of state records -- prompted by recent published reports -- found Volz listed at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility along with Ashley Romero, a 30-year-old transgender inmate herself who was convicted of participating in the abuse. New Jerse…
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11 'Johns' Arrested In Sex Trafficking Operation In Central PA
11 "Johns" from 9 different parts of Pennsylvania were arrested in a joint Human Trafficking Investigation with the Pennsylvania State Police, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department, the Hampden Township Police Department, and the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office. In what was called Operation Impact Demand 4, the men would contact undercover investigators and arrange to trade sex of money at a hotel in South Middleton Township, but when they arrived they would be arrested. Cumberland County District Attorney Seán M. McCormack commented on the arrests stating the following: …
Police & Fire
These Men Showed Up Hoping For Sex With Minors In Undercover OA Sting, Authorities Say
Authorities in Berks County have released mugshots of four of the eight men busted in an undercover operation for trying to have sex with children. The Berks County DA's Human Trafficking Task Force seeded advertisements across "websites commonly used for sex trade," offering "sexual relations with minors at a predetermined location in Berks County," prosecutors said in a release. Throughout the course of the two days, eight individuals showed up to the rendezvous site and were arrested, DA John T. Adams said. These suspects were arrested and charged with the followin…
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