Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors - Women's Funding Network

— Previously reported on January 25, 2011, by Journal Inquirer: Sanderson and Delia
pleaded guilty to federal charges involving use of two 14-year-old girls as prostitutes at
motels in East Hartford and Hartford over a four-day period in July 2009
• November 10, 2010 – Bloomfield
— Reported on November 10, 2010, by Edmund H. Mahony of CTnow.com.
— A Bloomfield prostitution investigation has led to the federal indictment of a New York City
man on charges that he transported a minor between states for sexual purposes
— A federal grand jury named Bruce Damico, 32, who had residences in Hartford, New York
and Providence, in a five-count indictment charging that he transported a minor and two
adults between states and posted a sexually explicit photograph of the minor on the Internet
as an advertisement for a prostitution business.
— Damico is charged with one count of sex trafficking of children, one count of interstate
transportation of a minor for prostitution, one count of transportation of child pornography,
and two counts of interstate transportation of a person for prostitution. If convicted, Damico
faces up to life in prison.
• May 2010 – Ledyard*
— Reported June 10, 2010, by Chris Ayotte of NBC Connecticut.
— A 15-year-old runaway claimed two men forced her to be prostituted through ads placed on
Craigslist.
— Matthew Lallis was arrested and charged with Second-Degree Sexual Assault, Risk of Injury
or Impairing the Morals of a Minor and Promoting Prostitution.
Florida
• July 18, 2011- Orlando
— Reported on July 20, 2011, by WKMG Local 6
— The Orange County Sheriff's Office has, along with the U.S. Marshals and the Orlando Police
Department, arrested 10 people in connection with a sex trafficking case involving a minor.
— According to the Sheriff's Office, it was notified by another county that a runaway claimed she
and another girl were abused in Orange County. The other girl was located due to an arrest
on prostitution charges in south Florida.
— Based on the information provided by the girls, deputies arrested 10 people: Craig Golden,
Martha Wilson, Lachristopher Smith, Leo David, Rodney David, Guytembert Garcin, Olgens
Alcide, John Peter Henry, Shayne Parsons and Boby Louis.
— The 10 suspects were charged with sex trafficking, procuring a minor for prostitution, deriving
proceeds from prostitution, lewd and lascivious behavior with a minor and interference with
child custody.
— Reported on July 18, 2011, by Kelly Joyce of FOX 35 News
• July 16, 2011- Polk County
— Reported on July 16, 2011, by Sonja Sharp of Huffington Post
— A Florida cop and a school bus monitor were arrested Thursday in connection with a child
prostitution ring, Polk County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
— Police arrested 27-year-old school bus attendant Paul Rosoan Aaron for allegedly forcing two
young teens into prostitution, at least one of whom he solicited while on the job
— A second affidavit identifies 25-year-old Haines City police officer Demetrius Lamar Condry
as one of Aaron's clients. He, too, is now facing charges
• May 25, 2011- Oakland Park*
— Reported on May 26, 2011, by Linda Trischitta of Sun Sentinel
— A third person was named in the federal child sex trafficking investigation of a bordello in
Oakland Park known as the Boom Boom Room.
— Willie David Rice, 45, acted as the doorman of the bordello was arrested May 14 and
charged with carrying a concealed firearm
— Reported on May 25, 2011, by Linda Trischitta of Sun Sentinel
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