CSECArchive 2008–2016

CSEC in Reisterstown, Massachusetts (2009)

A CSEC case from 2009 in Reisterstown, Massachusetts, United States.

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Documented on the original SlaveryMap (2008–2016). We don’t have a verifiable source on file yet. Know one?

What happened

Federal prosecutors said Byron Thompson, 25, and Lea Bell, 29, both of Reisterstown,were sentenced to 10 years in prison for the sex trafficking of minors in Maryland, New York and Washington, D.C. The men were also ordered at sentencing Thursday to register as sex offenders. According to court documents, Thompson and Bell recruited minors to engage in commercial sex acts. They rented more than 100 hotel rooms and recruited sex workers through friends, clubs, bars and the Internet. The pair also posted ads on the Internet to attract sex customers. From January to February 2009, Thompson and Bell prostituted two 15-year-old girls and one 17-year-old girl in Maryland.

Response and intervention

Handled at federal level: the traffickers were sentenced to 10 years in prison for the sex trafficking of minors.

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CSEC2009

Temple Hills - Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 2009

United States US

Authorities say Shelby Lewis, age 42 , has been running a child sex trafficking operation since 2006. Two girls, ages 14 and 16, were arrested in May for prostitution and told police that Lewis was their pimp. Around the same time in May, police found a 13 year old who had been reported missing to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. She told police that Lewis had been prostituting her for the past three years. A fouth girl said she had been prostituted by Lewis since she was 12, two years ago,

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Sex Trafficking2011

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 2011

United States US

"All 10 defendants were arrested by the SWAT team of the Baltimore police on October 12." --The Associated Press http://www.statesman.com/news/texas/el-paso-prostitution-ring-defendant-denied-bail-1946210.html "When Child Protective Services started an investigation into the reported abuse and neglect of at least five children living in the household, the 10 defendants fled altogether taking their victims with them, added the FBI agent. Angell also testified that Reemer drove one of the vehicles in which the victims were taken to Colorado during their flight." --The Baltimore Sun

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