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Millersville, MD, United States

Army Spc. Craig Allen Corey II, Robert Harris II, Jacob Tyler and Richard Johnson II of Chillicothe, OH ran a drug and prostitution ring from an apartment owned by Corey in Millersville, Md. They recruited 12 girls (willing and unwilling) from Chillicothe, OH(including a 16 year old); Virginia, and one woman from Watertown, NY. Their operation used online venues like Craigslist to market the girls. Corey and the others controlled the girls through beatings, threats, and planned drug addictions (they gave the girls free drugs until the girls became addicted and then began to charge for each “fix” from daily earnings). Tyler and Harris both had guns that were used to threaten the girls. The situation was brought to light when one of the girls (age 19) called her parents saying that her car had been disabled. They contacted local authorities. This in combination with suspicious ads on Craiglist, which were discovered by local authorities, led to further investigation of the Millersville apartment.

Location
United States · Millersville, MD · 2010 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
Corey pleaded guilty on April 1, 2010 to sex trafficking by force, sex trafficking of a minor; conspiracy to distribute drugs, the distribution of BZP, enticement to travel in interstate commerce to engage in prostitution, interstate transportation for prostitution and conspiracy to prostitute. He was sentenced to 17 ½ years in prison. Jacob Tyler and Robert Harris were each sentenced to 15 years in prison, followed by 12 years of supervised release. Richard Johnson was sentenced to 121 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release. Police raided the apartment on April 24, 2009 and discovered the women (including the 16 year old, drugs, and a gun. Red
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