5 arrested, accused of forcing high school girls to be prostitutes
Source: CNN
Authorities in Northern Virginia on Thursday busted an alleged violent gang and arrested the accused ringleader and four others on charges of forcing high school girls to be prostitutes.
The defendants, most of whom were arrested overnight, were scheduled to appear in federal court Friday afternoon in Alexandria, Virginia, on charges that include underage sex trafficking.
The alleged ringleader is identified in court documents as Justin Strom, 26, of Lorton, Virginia, a suburb of Washington. He is described as the Fairfax County, Virginia, leader of the Underground Gangster Crips. The arrests of the five alleged members of the gang follow six other arrests of members of the gang in the past year and a half, officials said.
The investigation began in September 2011, but an affidavit lists alleged crimes by the reputed gang members dating back to 2006.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/29/justice/virginia-prostitution-ring/index.html
Speck Tater
(10,618 posts)And their customers need to be rounded up and thrown in jail as well.
safeinOhio
(32,683 posts)regulated.
whathehell
(29,067 posts)nor should it be. .
Journeyman
(15,031 posts)If it was regulated, of course. With very small charges.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/29/justice/virginia-prostitution-ring/index.html
safeinOhio
(32,683 posts)would be of age, HIV free and the pimps would be out of business. Why would any john want to go anywhere else and be in trouble? The girls would get the money, not the pimps.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Much like all of our regulated food is safe, disease-free, and error-free.
PassingFair
(22,434 posts)It's SO prestigious!
Because every little girl dreams of growing up and fucking strangers for money.
Speck Tater
(10,618 posts)I have no moral problem with legalizing prostitution involving consenting adults, but forced prostitution, especially involving minors should always remain a hanging offense.
E-Z-B
(567 posts)whathehell
(29,067 posts)TahitiNut
(71,611 posts)A very odd motto for a state named after the Virgin Queen. I guess they don't teach irony in Virginia schools.
Leftist Agitator
(2,759 posts)"They ALL left a HUGE IMPRESSION among the general population that having a Sweetheart was ILLEGAL IN VIRGINIA thus, "VIRGINIA IS FOR VIRGINS, NOT LOVERS!"
Doc Holliday
(719 posts)from that of a straight." - Idiocracy
lunatica
(53,410 posts)But I did get the "Oh Yeah? Well how come plants don't grow in toilets" one.