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17-year-old girl was charged with organizing a prostitution ring at two Florida
high schools. Police say she pimped out a 15-year-old girl to a client for US$40
and a bottle of liquor so a 21-year-old could have sex with the underage
student.
RT.com reports Sarasota
High School student Alexa Nicole De Armas was arrested Friday and charged with
human trafficking of a person younger than 18, a felony. John Michael Mosher,
21, was also arrested, and charged with sexual battery on a minor, WWSB
reported. Police told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune that one more person would be
arrested Tuesday.
Police
said the scheme came to light after four students confided to Venice High
School administrators that De Armas, who served as the ring’s madam, and a male
Venice High student wanted them to join their prostitution ring in early
October. The business plan was to prostitute other students for money and
alcohol, according to the charging documents.
"Why
pimp out old hoes when I have fresh young hoes I can give up for money?"
De Armas wrote in a Facebook message to a business partner. "As long as
I'm getting paid I'm trafficking all these [expletive]."
All
arrangements were made through private messages on the social networking site
because De Armas doesn’t have a cell phone. The conversations discussed prices
for sexual acts, including US$50-US$70 for oral sex and US$100 for sex with a virgin.
Police
said the 15-year-old victim did not willingly participate in the sex act, which
was believed to have occurred at a community pool in August.
"She
stated she told Mosher she did not want to have sexual intercourse with him to
which he disregarded and forcefully held her against the wall of the pool shed
building, restricting her movement and ability to flee,"
the police report said
The
documents also noted that the madam approached several girls at Riverview,
Venice and Sarasota High Schools, but that the 15-year-old is the only known
victim.
Police say they are still looking for other victims and more arrest could be made in the coming days.
Police say they are still looking for other victims and more arrest could be made in the coming days.
De
Armas and her business partner planned to use some of the money to buy
narcotics, according to witness statements to police. Prostitutes would get a
40-percent split of the profits, according to the police documents.
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