Prostitution Boss And Mother Convicted In Columbia Of Multi-State Sex Trafficking

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COLUMBIA, SC

A Gastonia, N.C., man was convicted in federal court in Columbia Friday on eight counts including sex trafficking, child pornography and illegal firearms.

Samuel Pratt, 34, who was arrested in Columbia, ran a sex trafficking business that operated in South Carolina, North Carolina and New York, prosecutors said.

His mother, Daphne Pratt, earlier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sex traffic children in the case, said U.S. Attorney Beth Drake in a news release.

During the four-day trial, witnesses testified about the manipulation and abuse involved in sex trafficking operations at work in the Carolinas that included children as young as 14 years old, Drake said.

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Accused Pimp's Mother, Three Others Charged In Drug And Human Trafficking Probe Involving Cleveland Teen

Five people, are now charged in connection with a drug and human trafficking investigation involving a 16-year-old girl who was pimped out of three houses on Cleveland's East Side, according to police. (File photo)

By Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com
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on June 10, 2016 at 5:25 PM, updated June 10, 2016 at 9:00 PM

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Five people are charged with selling drugs and pimping a group of prostitutes that included a Cleveland teenager who is now missing, according to court records.

Cleveland police arrested four people at two Cleveland homes Thursday, but continue to search for both the 16-year-old girl and the man accused of pimping her, 18-year-old Bobby Nix II.

Third District vice detectives on Friday filed complaints charging Sarah Hogue-Wood, Spencer Wilkerson, Valerie Love and Nix's mother Muslimah Muwwakkli with a combination of drug trafficking and promoting prostitution charges.

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