Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors - Women's Funding Network

Idaho
• August 15, 2009 – Boise*
— Reported August 15, 2009, by KTVB 7.
— Lindsey McKeehan, 23, plead guilty to two counts of Felony Injury to a Child.
— McKeehan along with Colby Watson, 36, and Douglas Winberry, 50, offered the sexual
services of a 15-year-old girl on Craigslist.
Illinois
• April 1, 2011- Chicago
— Reported on April 1, 2011, by Jan Jeffcoat of FOX Chicago
— Sex trafficking is a growing epidemic in Chicago
— A young Chicago woman who was caught up in a sex traffic operation when she was only 16
years old shared her horrific story with FOX Chicago News.
— According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, Illinois is among the top 10 states it
receives the most calls from and the Department of Justice recently designated Chicago as a
"high-intensity area" for sex trafficking.
• February 9, 2011- Chicago
— Reported on February 9, 2011, by the Chicago Tribune
— Twin brothers from Dolton have pleaded guilty and were each sentenced to four years in
prison for forcing young women into prostitution in the south suburbs
— Tyrelle and Myrelle Lockett, 18, pleaded guilty in the Markham courthouse Tuesday to felony
charges of human trafficking for forced labor or services after an undercover sting operation
found that they forced young women, including one underage victim, to perform sex acts with
men for money
— The 17- and 18-year-old victims, who were not charged, told police that the brothers beat
them and threatened them if they didn't perform the sex acts, and took all the money.
— Previously Reported May 26, 2010, by Chicago Breaking News Center: Myrelle and
Tyrelle were charged with trafficking in persons for forced labor or services, involuntary
sexual servitude of a minor and involuntary servitude and held on $100,000 bond.
• January, 2011- Joliet
— Reported on February 16, 2011, by Brian Stanley of Naperville SunTimes
— Police launched Operation: Room Service in January after managers and owners of several
hotels contacted the police believing that their businesses were being used for prostitution
— 33 people were arrested who allegedly arranged encounters with prostitutes at hotels,
including a 17-year-old girl
• December 30, 2010- Mount Prospect
— Reported on December 30, 2010, by Paul Biasco of The Daily Herald
— A Mount Prospect massage parlor owner already accused of extorting and branding his
employees now has been charged with sex trafficking of children by force, among other
allegations, according to a new federal indictment Thursday.
— Alex A. Campbell of Glenview is accused of forcing numerous women to work at Day and
Night Spa, 940 E. Northwest Hwy., in Mount Prospect, extorting their earnings, forcing them
to engage in commercial sex acts and harboring them for commercial advantage.
— Campbell is being held in federal custody without bond
• December 13, 2010- Chicago
— Reported on December 16, 2010, by WLS 890 AM
— An undocumented "madam" was indicted on Monday after her arrest last month at a Pilsen
neighborhood brothel she allegedly disguised as a massage parlor to pimp young women
and girls (a 16 year old) out for prostitution.
— Rubicela Montero, 39, was charged with one count each of involuntary servitude and
involuntary servitude of a minor -- both Class X felonies -- and one count each of trafficking in
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