West Seattle, WA - 14500 block of Aurora Avenue North, United States
A Renton man, Tyrone A. Bellinger, 24, pleaded guilty to attempted commercial sexual abuse of a minor girl, 13. Prosecutors asserted he lured the girl into his car and, after showing her his pistol, forced her to sell herself in August, 2007. According to court documents, the girl's first prospective clients were two undercover King County Sheriff's Office detectives. They arrested the girl on suspiciion of prostitution. Bellinger faces 21-35 months in prison.
Location
United States · West Seattle, WA - 14500 block of Aurora Avenue North · 2009 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
Sheriff's Office Detectives arrested the girl. At first she denied the accusation, but later told the detectives she had been kidnapped and forced to do "some tricks".
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Information is from a February 4, 2009 newspaper article of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The article is titled "Man admits trying to force girl to prostitute herself".
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