Police say Frederick Jackson forced a woman to perform three sexual transactions per night.
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Lewiston man charged with sex trafficking
Investigators say 57-year-old Frederick Jackson subjected a woman to dangerous situations, including one instance where she was jumped by a man on Pierce Street while the woman was two months pregnant.
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Bronx man sentenced to 26 years for sex trafficking, drug dealing
Vincent Graham, 35, pleaded guilty in federal court earlier this year to selling drugs and coercing a Biddeford woman into prostitution.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn man tries to fire attorney — again — before trial
Willie Minor, 58, of Auburn, appears in Androscoggin County Superior Court in Auburn in June 2018. On Thursday, he was back in court picking a jury for his Feb. 12 trial on charges that include gross sexual assault and aggravated sex trafficking. (Sun Journal file photo) AUBURN — A local man accused of sexual assault and […]
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Lewiston police say man offered to be undercover officer's pimp
Martin Gerding of Lewiston, left, and his attorney, Richard Charest, listen to Assistant District Attorney Nathan Walsh in Eighth District Court in Lewiston on Wednesday. Gerding was arrested last week on a charge of aggravated sex trafficking. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — A local man who police said propositioned an undercover cop to act as […]
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Lewiston police charge man with sex trafficking
UPDATE: Lewiston police say man offered to be undercover officer’s pimp LEWISTON — Police have charged a 35-year-old Lewiston man with aggravated sex trafficking as a result of their work this summer posing as johns to find out if women were being forced or coerced into prostitution. Police arrested Martin S. Gerding on Wednesday morning. “He […]
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Side effect of trafficking law: More street prostitution?
NEW YORK (AP) — Recent crackdowns targeting the sex-for-hire industry have reduced the number of commercial ads on the internet and helped fight online trafficking. But activists and police say the efforts may have had unintended consequences — landing women and girls back on the streets, where dangers also lurk. The impact was almost immediate […]
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Commit to ending personal exploitation
Sex trafficking. Sex exploitation. Slavery. Prostitution. One of these things is not like the others. During the past few months, a trend in the language used to describe victimization has emerged. This language seeks to dehumanize the very individual experiencing sexual assault daily, and this language wrongly simplifies the complexity of substance-use disorder and ignores […]
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Sex-trafficking safe house announced in Androscoggin County
LEWISTON — A new emergency shelter for victims and survivors of sex-trafficking and exploitation — considered the first of its kind in Maine — was celebrated by local and state agencies and law enforcement Thursday as an important step for recovery efforts. The program, to be housed at an undisclosed location in Androscoggin County, will provide […]
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Republicans and Democrats just did something big together
Washington seems to be in the grip of hyperpartisan gridlock these days. Important bills are passed on party-line votes (when they are passed at all) and the investigative committees of Congress appear to be sideshows, unable to agree on basic facts. Many Americans despair that Republicans and Democrats seem incapable of coming together to do […]