Within a few days, Sgt. Patrick McNulty, Detectives Peter Conley and Richard Ruggiero found her inside a second-floor apartment at 123 Pinehurst Ave., near Providence College. They arranged for her to meet an undercover detective on the pretense of a “date" from backpage.com. When she offered to perform sex acts for $150 or $250, the police took her into custody. Fakhoury, who was in the next bedroom, and Defeis were also arrested, because the police found about a pound of marijuana and packaging material inside the apartment, Correia said. Police say two New York men enslaved teenagers as young as 16 in Rhode Island and forced them into prostitution. Fakhoury was given 10 years of prison time and 10 years probation for
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United States · Elmhurst Providence, RI · 2011
(location generalized to protect survivors) Response & intervention
"For a guy who thought he was a tough, he was nothing but a pimp. That was the end of it. He was a pimp, and he was a weak pimp and these girls stood up and they showed their inner strength and that's the important thing that came out of this case," said Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin.
"He thought he was a pimp and he was and he started to control every aspect of my life. He told me what to wear," one of the victims said. "You brainwashed me into believing I was worth nothing but only but my body. You made me feel worthless." The young woman has been reunited with her family, but the police believe there are more cases out there. So far, four victims have come to light; the youngest was 16 years old, and the oldest was 19. Two of the victims were from Yonkers, one was from upstate, and the fourth was from out of state. All were described as good, middle class kids with good grades – attractive but emotionally vulnerable. While the men were in handcuffs, the woman was not — a departure from the usual way police deal with prostitutes. Instead, Correia said, she was brought to the station to speak with police and an advocate from Day One, a Providence resource center whose mission is to reduce the prevalence of sexual abuse and violence. This new approach came from training sessions conducted by Day One, the Rhode Island Coalition Against Human Trafficking, the attorney general’s office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/04/13/suspect-in-sex-slavery-case-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison/
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