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South Hill, Virginia, United States

The King County Prosecutor's office last week charged DeShawn "Cash Money" Clark with the crime as part of an ongoing case it launched in November against several defendants reputedly associated with a gang called the "West Side Street Mobb." Clark is alleged to have preyed upon his longtime relationship with an on-again, off-again girlfriend. According to the court papers, he and his buddies promised to take care of her if she became a prostitute and gave them the proceeds. They stashed her at various hotels, where she would keep her sex earnings in the rooms' bibles, and advertised her services on Craigslist. Clark used her for sex, and sometimes would act nice. At other times, he would beat her, like when she wasn't making enough money for him. The West Side Street Mob used other women the same way, according to the court papers. Investigators believe members of a gang called the Westside Street Mobb forced 12 women and girls to perform sex acts for money, beat them and took the money they earned over several months last year, according to charges filed in King County Superior Court

Location
United States · South Hill, Virginia · 2008 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
According to charging papers, the arrests stem from a November sting operation in which members of the Seattle police vice unit arrested a 19-year-old woman who had advertised sex services on Craigslist. The woman said DeShawn Clark forced her to commit sex acts for money, beat her and took her earnings, charging papers said. The King County Sheriff's Office had separately started investigating Shawn S. Clark and Gerald Jackson in September and the two agencies began sharing information, according to charging papers. no information was given as to aftercare services
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