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Sex Trafficking in Washington Park, Illinois (2009)

A sex trafficking case from 2009 in Washington Park, Illinois, United States. 1 source on file.

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What happened

Terrence A. Yarbrough (a.k.a. "T-Rex"). A 34 year old male. "he women, referred to only as "Jane Doe 1 and 2" in court documents, were being rented out against their will to men who responded to online ads on Craigslist and backpage.com, court documents and testimony show. They were forced into the business by Terrence A. Yarbrough, FBI Special Agent Cynthia Dockery wrote in a court affidavit unsealed Monday." From http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/laworder/story/8F87FBF0F9C6CCE9862576240001A191?OpenDocument

Response and intervention

Originally arrested by Police, now being investigated by FBI. Yarbrough, 34, now faces a federal charge of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted. According to the news reports, Yarbrough was arrested in a motel in St. Louis Mo, after one of the women, who had been placed in a strip club, told a customer her story. The customer rescued her and she called the police. Not sure of this information - No further information is available on the victims.

Sources

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