The ongoing prosecution of a Lansing teen girl and two other people
in a child sex trafficking ring case has proved that the problem of is
widespread and still growing.
Seventeen-year-old Mariah Haughton along with 24-year-old Christopher Turryle Bryant and 27-year-old Jonathan Purnell are being prosecuted in both local and federal courts for involving in a sex trafficking ring that stretched to as far as Arizona.
Haughton is charged with multiple counts, including human trafficking, recruiting minors to work as prostitutes and creating child porn.
Purnell were Bryant are also charged with multiple counts of sex trafficking. Three of the many counts involve minor girls (under the age of 18 years).
According to U. S. Attorney Patrick Miles Jr., child sex trafficking is becoming more and more prevalent through the use of social media sites like Facebook to and certain online advertisement sites.
In a recent interview, Miles said, "Criminals are finding new avenues to advertise their criminal behavior."
Documents filed in U. S. District Court in Grand Rapids states that one of the girls was lured into prostitution with a promise of earning easy money. She told investigators that she drugged and taken to several Lansing motels, were she was forced to have sex with multiple men. She also told investigators that others were taken to Arizona and Alabama to work as prostitutes.
Seventeen-year-old Mariah Haughton along with 24-year-old Christopher Turryle Bryant and 27-year-old Jonathan Purnell are being prosecuted in both local and federal courts for involving in a sex trafficking ring that stretched to as far as Arizona.
Haughton is charged with multiple counts, including human trafficking, recruiting minors to work as prostitutes and creating child porn.
Purnell were Bryant are also charged with multiple counts of sex trafficking. Three of the many counts involve minor girls (under the age of 18 years).
According to U. S. Attorney Patrick Miles Jr., child sex trafficking is becoming more and more prevalent through the use of social media sites like Facebook to and certain online advertisement sites.
In a recent interview, Miles said, "Criminals are finding new avenues to advertise their criminal behavior."
Documents filed in U. S. District Court in Grand Rapids states that one of the girls was lured into prostitution with a promise of earning easy money. She told investigators that she drugged and taken to several Lansing motels, were she was forced to have sex with multiple men. She also told investigators that others were taken to Arizona and Alabama to work as prostitutes.
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