Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors - Women's Funding Network

• December 8, 2010- Tacoma
— Reported on December 8, 2010, by Chris Daniels of KING 5 News
— A Tacoma woman faces federal charges amid accusations she led a child sex trafficking
operation
— Shadina Rice allegedly took in two runaway 13-year-old girls and forced them to serve as
prostitutes. Court documents say Rice took pictures of the girls, posted them online and had
men meet her at a local donut shop. The men were then directed to an apartment where the
girls were held and forced to perform sex acts.
— The girls were rescued and later told police they feared Rice and for their safety.
— Rice will answer to the charges at a federal hearing scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
• November 5-7, 2010 – Kent
— Reported on November 10, 2010, by Steve Hunter of Kent Reporter
— Eight children ages 13-17 were taken into protective custody Nov. 5-7 in Kent as part of an
FBI-organized nationwide sting to recover youngsters involved in the sex-trafficking trade
— Twenty-three child prostitutes were taken off the streets in the Everett, Tacoma and Seattle
area, including Kent
• November 4-6, 2010 – Seattle
— Reported on November 8, 2010 by Statesman Journal
— Two dozen of the 69 child prostitutes recovered in a national crackdown on sexual
exploitation were in the Seattle area
— This is the third year in a row the area has led the nation.
— The FBI is working with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to identify the
children. All have been placed into protective custody or returned to their families
• July 20, 2010 – Seattle*
— Reported July 23, 2010, by KIRO-TV on kirotv.com.
— Sgt. Sterling Terrance Hospedales pled guilty to Sex Trafficking of a Child and Attempted Sex
Trafficking of a Child as part of a reduced-sentence plea agreement.
— In April 2009, Lakewood police learned of a teen girl offering herself as a prostitute on
Craigslist.
• July 1, 2010 – Tacoma
— Reported July 2, 2010, by Stephanie A. Clark of The News Tribune in Tacoma, Wash.
— Two men were arrested under suspicion of forcing a 17-year-old, who they met on a social
networking site, into prostitution in the cities of Tacoma, Des Moines and Seattle.
— Police report was filed by the victim and her mother
— Both men were booked for Promoting Commercial Sexual Abuse of a Minor.
Washington, D.C.
• November 9, 2010 – Washington, D.C.
— Reported on November 9, 2010, by Andrea McCarren of WUSA9.com (Watch video here)
— Shelby Lewis, a 42-year-old Prince George's County man, was sentenced to 20 years in
prison for forcing girls as young as 12-years-old to sell their bodies on the streets of DC and
Maryland
— 9NEWS NOW got a rare glimpse into the world of human sex trafficking in our area through
the eyes of a teenager
— When asked about her thoughts on Lewis' 20-year prison sentence, she said "That's not long
enough; I have to deal with this the rest of my life."
• November 8, 2010
— Reported on November 8, 2010, by Alicia A. Caldwell of The Washington Post
— More than five dozen child prostitutes have been found in the last three days as part of a
nationwide crackdown on the sexual exploitation of children, the FBI said Monday
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