Police: Woman Held Hostage, Forced Into Prostitution
2 Charged With Human Trafficking
POSTED: 5:06 pm EDT September 2, 2010
UPDATED: 6:54 pm EDT September 2, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS — A 19-year-old Indianapolis woman told police she was held against her will, beaten and forced into prostitution to pay off the drug debt of her mother’s boyfriend.
Chris Smiley, 27, and Ayannah Wills, 26, were charged with human trafficking, battery and promoting prostitution, while Latoya Harlin, 21, was charged with battery, promoting prostitution and criminal confinement, 6News’ Renee Jameson reported.
The woman told police she was taken hostage in February, when she was 18 years old, and forced to strip at a west side show club after her mother’s boyfriend did not pay Smiley for crack cocaine.
She said a few days later, when the club’s manager wouldn’t let her dance because she had a black eye, Willis threatened to kill her and rape her with a knife, police said.
See the full article from “WRTV Indianapolis”
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Human trafficking, drug dealing and prostitution are all part of a five-month-long investigation by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. Undercover Metro detectives say a grand jury has indicted three people for felony charges after they learned a woman was being held against her will and used for sex.
24-Hour News 8 spoke with undercover Vice detective Laura Smith who says the initial police run was for an alleged rape but what officers found in a couple of rooms at the Motel 6 on Indianapolis’ east side was evidence of prostitution. That investigation turned into a Human Trafficking investigation.
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The victim told police that night Willis threatened to “rape her with the knife.” The victim says that’s when Willis told her she would have to prostitute herself to pay off her parents’ drug debt: she “would perform sexual acts and sexual intercourse with several men a day from ads” on “Craig’s list” and “live links” phone line.
See the full article from “WISH”
Updated: Friday, 20 Aug 2010, 3:41 PM EDTPublished : Friday, 20 Aug 2010, 11:05 AM EDT
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – A spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Corrections said it was a miscommunication between two local mental health facilities that resulted in the slow reporting of an escaped parolee who is now wanted for allegedly stabbing an Indianapolis man to death in Walker on Wednesday.
Jack Jacqmain is sought for the stabbing death of Mark Moore, a 31-year-old Indianapolis man, at the Motel 6 on 3 Mile. Jacqmain, 52, is thought to be armed and dangerous.
Surveillance photos of Jacqmain from Wednesday night were released by authorities on Friday.
Investigators said Jacqmain is a smoker who prefers Swisher Sweets and he often wears sunglasses. He is familiar with the trucking business and he likes prostitutes.
See the full article from “WISH”
Understand, I wouldn’t want agents running after eighth-grade prodigies, then showering them with cash and gifts (Reggie Bush, et al) in the hope he will sign with the agency when he turns professional.
It’s already the Wild West out there, and it would only get worse. But I thought SEC commissioner Mike Slive made a good point recently, saying the NCAA rules “may be as much a part of the problem as they are the solution.”
In other words, stop the witch hunt and give athletes an opportunity to fairly avail themselves of an agent’s services.
I found it hilarious to hear Nick Saban, Alabama’s football coach and part-time paragon of virtue –
I’m not going to be the coach at Alabama
– dismiss agents as “pimps.” Pimps, by my definition, are people who use others’ labors to enrich themselves. And what are college coaches, exactly?
See the full article from “BlackAthlete.net”
January 1934: The Dillinger gang killed East Chicago police officer William O’Malley during the robbery of the First National Bank of East Chicago.
March 3, 1934: Dillinger was sequestered at the county jail in Crown Point. Authorities boasted that the jail was “escape proof,” but Dillinger escaped using a wooden gun he had whittled. He then stole the sheriff’s car and drove across the Illinois state line, heading for Chicago. He violated the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act, making it a federal offense to transport a stolen motor vehicle across a state line. The FBI became actively involved in the nationwide search for Dillinger. In Chicago, Dillinger and his gang continued robbing banks. When one of the gang members was apprehended, Dillinger was shot and then fled to Mooresville.
July 21, 1934: A madam of a brothel in Gary contacted police officers with information about Dillinger’s whereabouts.
See the full article from “nwitimes.com”
After years of wading around in a sea of mediocrity (or maybe it was just a sea of garbage), the Pacers are FINALLY at the point where they can start to get rid of some of their most onerous contracts. T.J. Ford, Mike Dunleavy, Troy Murphy, Jeff Foster and Solomon Jones are all in the last year of their contracts with the Pacers. This will give the team some much needed flexibility just in time for the NBA lockout in 2011!
The Pacers have already been shopping TJ Ford around to anyone who will pick up their phone. They almost moved him in a deal for Raymond Felton, but it fell through when Michael Jordan got cold feet. At this point, if you’re interested in getting Ford for your pick-up team, Larry Bird wants to speak with you.
And that is the Pacers’ problem this season. They have 15 players under contract and a ton of expiring contracts, but no one wants expiring contracts at the beginning of the season. That’s like paying for a prostitute to sleep with you and your friend and then kindly offering to take sloppy seconds. (I’m still working through that analogy)
See the full article from “Opposing Views”
Holmes friendship is for rent through an online service called “Rent A Friend.” The online video touts the benefits of using the service.
“There are many reasons why you may want to rent a friend and no matter the reason, we can help you find the perfect friend,” says a woman in the online presentation.
The site boasts more than 200,000 users in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom.
On its website, Rent A Friend’s creators stress it’s a friendship-only site, not a dating or escort service. Users type in the zip code of the area where they want a friend and a list of potential friends comes up. From there, users pay a fee to access a potential friend’s contact information. It’s up to the user and new friend to negotiate an hourly service rate.
See the full article from “WTHR”
On the onset, just a friendly reminder: Although many actresses may identify with their characters in order to find emotional resonance that eventually gives way to heart-rending performances, Lea is not about to dish and say that she literally identifies with the beat-up, once-upon-a-time diva named Grizabella.
“She is not necessarily an older character, but she has aged because of what’s happened in the world, apart from the wrong decisions she’s made,” Lea says. “She’s like a 25-year-old who looks like she’s already in her 60s because of all those life experiences.”
Lea admits, though, that the part offers more than melodramatic attractions. “It’s acting. It’s drama. It’s a wonderful role,” Lea says about the cat who may be an underdog. She quips, “If I can play a 17-year-old orphan-turned-prostitute in the sleaziest den of Saigon’s underworld just before the fall of Vietnam’s capital city, that doesn’t mean I’ve become a prostitute at heart, right?”
See the full article from “Business Mirror”
He landed a recurring role on the sketch show, “Uptown Comedy Club,” which appeared on a smattering of TV channels from 1992-1998.
Morgan found some success as Hustle Man on the sitcom “Martin,” where he played a character who sold stuff he found around the neighborhood assisted by his pet chihuahua he dressed like a rapper. He stayed with the show until 1996, when he joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live” after making his big-screen debut with a small part in the Martin Lawrence-led film, “A Thin Line Between Love and Hate.”
During “SNL,” Morgan found his niche by creating characters like animal-adventurer Brian Fellow, Uncle Jemima of Uncle Jemima’s Pure Mash Liquor, Bronx resident Dominican Lou, Bishop Don “Mack” Donald from Pimp Chat, Astronaut Jones, African Andy, Benny the Bengal, “Judge Judy” bailiff Bert and the sewer-dwelling Woodrow.
See the full article from “Alexandria Town Talk”
The United States for the first time was assessed in the report and gave itself a Tier 1 ranking. Yet, the report did not cover the US in glory. It stated that 14,500 to 17,000 people are trafficked to the US each year but prosecutions are in the hundreds. It described the US as “a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labour, debt bondage, and forced prostitution“.
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It is estimated that nearly a million men, women and children are trafficked across international borders each year. Last year, the International Labour Organisation estimated there were 12.3 million persons in forced labour, sex trafficking, debt bondage and working as child soldiers around the world. The result is that girls and women are forced into prostitution, labourers are made to work in dangerous conditions and nannies and domestic workers are trapped into various forms of slavery.
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Like it or not, we in Jamaica have to confront the reality that there is definitely exploitation of the poor via prostitution and drug smuggling. Let us throw the light on the murky world of human trafficking and try to end this shameful practice.
See the full article from “Jamaica Gleaner”