Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors - Women's Funding Network

New Jersey
• April 6, 2011- Asbury Park
— Reported on April 6, 2011, by Nancy Shields of Asbury Park Press
— Authorities have charged an Asbury Park man and two associates with endangering the
welfare of a child, promoting prostitution, human trafficking for purposes of prostitution, and
simple assault after holding a 17-year old Asbury Park girl here.
— Charged were Lazarus Roseboro, 39, of Sewall Avenue, Asbury Park, Essence Smith, 18, of
Greensboro, N.C., and Shawn Johnson, 29, of Brooklyn.
• March 9, 2011- Atlantic City
— Reported on March 9, 2011, by ABC WPVI
— An Atlantic City woman is behind bars as the result of a joint investigation targeting child
prostitution and human trafficking cases.
— Alicia Stewart, 25, was arrested for Human Trafficking and Promoting Prostitution.
— The investigation revealed that Steward was acting as a pimp for several females two of
which were Atlantic City High School students.
• March 2, 2011- Camden
— Reported on March 2, 2011, by Media-Newswire.com
— Amin Sharif was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison today for his involvement in an
enterprise which operated in New Jersey and elsewhere and employed both women and
minor girls as prostitutes, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
— Sharif used the Internet to advertise the prostitutes on websites such as Craigslist. He also
used websites such as MySpace and Localhookupz.com to recruit girls to work as prostitutes
for him.
— In addition to the prison term, Judge Rodriguez sentenced Sharif to serve 15 years of
supervised release. Sharif has been detained since his arrest on May 15, 2009.
• February 10, 2011- Old Bridge
— Reported on February 10, 2011, by New Jersey Today
— Police arrested a township man who allegedly showed pornographic images to a 14-year-old
boy and offered the child money for a sexual favor
— Robert MacDonald, 62, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge was arrested at his
home on Feb. 9 and was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and promoting
prostitution.
— MacDonald is being held at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center in North
Brunswick. Superior Court Judge Bradley Ferencz set bail at $50,000 with the provision that
the defendant have no contact with the victim and no unsupervised contact with children
under the age of 16.
• January 26, 2011- Flemington
— Reported on January 26, 2011, by Walter O’Brien of MyCentralJersey.com
— Jury selection has begun in the often delayed trial of a former firefighter Frank Venable, 56,
charged with 15 counts of sexual assault, child endangerment and prostitution set to begin on
Monday Jan. 31.
— From 1996 through 2008, Venable sexually assaulted children between 13- and 16-years old.
• November 22, 2010- Newark
— Reported on November 22, 2010, by The Associated Press
— A man who ran a prostitution business that operated in several New Jersey cities has been
sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.
— Thirty-seven-year-old Kasiem Brown of Newark had pleaded guilty to sex trafficking and
conspiring to deal firearms without a license.
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