News/Blog categorized: News
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Jul 19
Truck Driver Found Guilty of Sex Trafficking a Minor and Production of Child Sex Abuse Materials
On July 11, 2022, a federal jury found Roderick King, 32, guilty of one count of sex trafficking a minor and two counts of production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor. The jury deliberated for just over … Read more about Truck Driver Found Guilty of Sex Trafficking a Minor and Production of Child Sex Abuse Materials »
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Jul 12
Update: Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Chrystul Kizer, Allowing Her to Raise the Sex Trafficking Defense in Homicide Trial
On July 6, 2022, the Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of a Wisconsin state appellate court holding that, under Wisconsin law, victims of human trafficking have “an affirmative defense for any offense committed as a direct result’ of trafficking.” … Read more about Update: Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Chrystul Kizer, Allowing Her to Raise the Sex Trafficking Defense in Homicide Trial »
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Jul 11
Update: R. Kelly Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking and Racketeering
On June 29, 2022, Robert Kelly, 55, more commonly known as R. Kelly, was sentenced to 30 years in prison following his 2021 convictions for sex trafficking and racketeering. Kelly was charged with violating the Mann Act, a federal law … Read more about Update: R. Kelly Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking and Racketeering »
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Jul 08
Media Must Stop Using the Term “Sex Work”: It Inappropriately Legitimizes an Industry Sustained by Gender-Based Violence
On May 23, 2023, the Inquirer published an article titled “As Philly Prostitution Cases Dwindle to Almost Nothing, Some Worry that Sex Workers Won’t Get Help” by Vinny Vella. In his article, Vella uses the phrases “sex work” or “sex … Read more about Media Must Stop Using the Term “Sex Work”: It Inappropriately Legitimizes an Industry Sustained by Gender-Based Violence »
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Jul 06
Update: Delaware County Man Pleads Guilty to Promoting Prostitution and Living Off Prostitutes
On Friday, June 24, 2022, Cornell Jamar Scott-Milbourne, 26, pleaded guilty to charges of promoting prostitution and living off prostitutes. Scott-Milbourne was sentenced to time served to 23 months incarceration followed by two years of probation. We previously reported on … Read more about Update: Delaware County Man Pleads Guilty to Promoting Prostitution and Living Off Prostitutes »
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Jun 29
Update: Ghislaine Maxwell Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison and a $750,000 Fine for Aiding Jeffrey Epstein’s Sexual Abuse of Minors
On June 28, 2022, Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison and a $750,000 fine by Judge Alison Nathan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for aiding Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of minors. … Read more about Update: Ghislaine Maxwell Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison and a $750,000 Fine for Aiding Jeffrey Epstein’s Sexual Abuse of Minors »
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Jun 28
Six Men Arrested in New Cumberland County Human Trafficking Enforcement Effort
Over the weekend of June 4, 2022, six men were arrested and charged with solicitation of prostitution in Cumberland County, PA. The men arrested and charged are Gregory Leisey Jr., 45, Richland, PA; Sean Fitzsimmons, 49, Camp Hill, PA; Cory … Read more about Six Men Arrested in New Cumberland County Human Trafficking Enforcement Effort »
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Jun 17
Update: Bensalem Man Sentenced to Up to Four Decades in Prison for Trafficking of Minor
On June 6, 2022, Bucks County President Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr. sentenced Andrew Hall, 29, to seventeen to forty years in prison for sex trafficking a fifteen-year-old victim, and ordered that Hall register as a sex offender. In September … Read more about Update: Bensalem Man Sentenced to Up to Four Decades in Prison for Trafficking of Minor »
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Jun 15
Two Individuals Charged in a Prostitution Sting in the Poconos
On June 3, 2022, investigators arrested Candace Pickering, 49 and Leonard Chistakoff, 79 in Monroe County after an investigation into prostitution related activity at a Poconos hotel. According to media reports, Pickering allegedly went to a Poconos hotel to meet … Read more about Two Individuals Charged in a Prostitution Sting in the Poconos »
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Jun 15
Update: “The Sevens” Sex Trafficking Gang Members Charged
Four members of “The Sevens” have now been convicted after a six-week trial in Allentown. The individuals who were convicted at trial are Shaquile Newson, 29; Alexander Malave, 31; Karvarise Person, 33; James Goode, 47. The members were convicted of … Read more about Update: “The Sevens” Sex Trafficking Gang Members Charged »