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alp227

(32,025 posts)
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 06:00 PM Mar 2012

5 arrested, accused of forcing high school girls to be prostitutes

Source: CNN

Authorities in Northern Virginia on Thursday busted an alleged violent gang and arrested the accused ringleader and four others on charges of forcing high school girls to be prostitutes.

The defendants, most of whom were arrested overnight, were scheduled to appear in federal court Friday afternoon in Alexandria, Virginia, on charges that include underage sex trafficking.

The alleged ringleader is identified in court documents as Justin Strom, 26, of Lorton, Virginia, a suburb of Washington. He is described as the Fairfax County, Virginia, leader of the Underground Gangster Crips. The arrests of the five alleged members of the gang follow six other arrests of members of the gang in the past year and a half, officials said.

The investigation began in September 2011, but an affidavit lists alleged crimes by the reputed gang members dating back to 2006.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/29/justice/virginia-prostitution-ring/index.html

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5 arrested, accused of forcing high school girls to be prostitutes (Original Post) alp227 Mar 2012 OP
This kind of shit couldn't even happen without customers. Speck Tater Mar 2012 #1
Or if it was legal and safeinOhio Mar 2012 #2
Did you read the headline?...Forcing kids into prostitution will never be "legal" or "regulated" whathehell Mar 2012 #4
So you'd be looking for 16 year old prostitutes? . . . Journeyman Mar 2012 #5
So if it was regulated all prostitutes safeinOhio Mar 2012 #6
Much like all of our regulated food is safe, disease-free, and error-free. LanternWaste Mar 2012 #12
Yes, and women everywhere would be lined up to become career prostitutes. PassingFair Mar 2012 #13
Surely you didn't mean to say you want to make child molestation legal. Speck Tater Mar 2012 #9
Relax, guys. That's not what he meant E-Z-B Mar 2012 #11
Agreed. n/t whathehell Mar 2012 #3
"Virginia Is For Lovers" TahitiNut Mar 2012 #7
Virginia... Leftist Agitator Mar 2012 #8
"A pimp's love is different Doc Holliday Mar 2012 #10
I missed that one! lunatica Mar 2012 #14
 

Speck Tater

(10,618 posts)
1. This kind of shit couldn't even happen without customers.
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 06:05 PM
Mar 2012

And their customers need to be rounded up and thrown in jail as well.

whathehell

(29,067 posts)
4. Did you read the headline?...Forcing kids into prostitution will never be "legal" or "regulated"
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 06:40 PM
Mar 2012

nor should it be. .

safeinOhio

(32,683 posts)
6. So if it was regulated all prostitutes
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 06:49 PM
Mar 2012

would be of age, HIV free and the pimps would be out of business. Why would any john want to go anywhere else and be in trouble? The girls would get the money, not the pimps.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
12. Much like all of our regulated food is safe, disease-free, and error-free.
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 11:34 AM
Mar 2012

Much like all of our regulated food is safe, disease-free, and error-free.

PassingFair

(22,434 posts)
13. Yes, and women everywhere would be lined up to become career prostitutes.
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 12:33 PM
Mar 2012

It's SO prestigious!

Because every little girl dreams of growing up and fucking strangers for money.

 

Speck Tater

(10,618 posts)
9. Surely you didn't mean to say you want to make child molestation legal.
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 09:23 PM
Mar 2012

I have no moral problem with legalizing prostitution involving consenting adults, but forced prostitution, especially involving minors should always remain a hanging offense.

TahitiNut

(71,611 posts)
7. "Virginia Is For Lovers"
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 08:11 PM
Mar 2012


A very odd motto for a state named after the Virgin Queen. I guess they don't teach irony in Virginia schools.
 

Leftist Agitator

(2,759 posts)
8. Virginia...
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 09:04 PM
Mar 2012

"They ALL left a HUGE IMPRESSION among the general population that having a Sweetheart was ILLEGAL IN VIRGINIA thus, "VIRGINIA IS FOR VIRGINS, NOT LOVERS!"

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