Seattle, United States
According to an article in The Seattle Times, on Thursday, April 1, 2010: "A Renton man [Deandre Gant, 21] accused of ordering a juvenile runaway to work as a prostitute has been charged with commercial sexual abuse of a minor." The article also explains that "Gant told a 15-year-old Issaquah girl that she had to perform sex acts so 'they' could have some money. The girl told police she has known Gant for about three years and had moved in with him after running away from home." The Seattle police investigating this incident reported that they had "found text messages from Gant on her cellphone, ordering her to keep working."
Location
United States · Seattle · 2010 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
According to the article, Seattle police arrested Gant at some point during the last week in March 2010.
The article says "Seattle police started investigating the case after the girl's relatives called police to report her missing." There are no further details provided about the intervention.
This is an article from The Seattle Times dated Thursday, April 1, 2010, and titled, "Man charged in prostitution case."
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