Leader of Virginia Sex Trafficking Ring Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison

A man who was at the center of a violent trafficking ring that sold women and girls for sex throughout Virginia has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.

Michael Maynes Jr., of Spring Lake, North Carolina, led a sex trafficking organization known as "Horse Block Pimpin." 

Maynes prostituted 55 women and girls in Alexandria, Richmond and Charlottsville, according to prosecutors. 

Source: Leader of Virginia Sex Trafficking Ring Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison | NBC4 Washington http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Leader-of-Virginia-Sex-Trafficking-Ring-Sentenced-to-35-Years-in-Prison-400056941.html#ixzz4PMjtML92
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