Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Michael Simmons, Stephanie Gease, and Deshonqua Strait were all convicted in relation to a case of child prostitution. Simmons was found guilty of transporting a child from PA to CA and sentenced to 17.5 years. Gease, was sentenced to 8 months for purchasing a bus ticket and escorting the child to the bus station. Strait was sentenced to 12 months for training and supervising the child.
Location
United States · Pittsburg, Pennsylvania · 2011 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
investigation led to arrest of Simmons, Gease, and Strait, and rescue of the victim.
case was investigated by the FBI’s Innocence Lost initiative with the Department of Justice’s Child Exploitation-Obscenity Section and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
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