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https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/charlotte-grocery-store-becomes-scene-of-human-trafficking-bust/275-596299613
A local grocery store was the scene of a human trafficking bust in Charlotte this week.
It happened at Food Lion on Beatties Ford Road. Gerald Johnson, 59, was arrested for human trafficking and promoting prostitution in front of the store.
Some of the human trafficking victims told officers they'd been threatened by the 300-pound alleged pimp.
"I'm really surprised it happened here at the grocery store," said David, a shopper.
At the same time and place where families come to pick up their groceries…
"You see a lot of families a lot of people mingling around," David said.
Others were coming to a Charlotte grocery store parking lot Tuesday morning to pick up prostitutes.
"I just think it's a big outrage you know," said shopper Moree.
Johnson's arrest was part of a larger, undercover sting by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police.
"It's not uncommon to have illegal things going on over here," Moree said.
"We should do more in our community to stop things like that from happening."
In North Carolina, human trafficking is a quiet crime lurking in every corner of the community.
"North Carolina is one of the top ten states in human trafficking."
Last year, the FBI reported 854 calls about human trafficking and opened 221 cases. Local organizations like Lily Pad Haven work to give these women a way out.
"It's happening in our own backyards and there's no location that is immune from it," said Carla who operates a home for human trafficking survivors.
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Another sick fuck.
https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/bergen/englewood/2018/09/20/englewood-nj-man-guilty-sexually-assaulting-two-girls-consent-their-mother/1366596002/
HACKENSACK — A jury on Thursday convicted Alfredo Rosales of Englewood on several counts of sexual assault for his six-year relationship with two young girls who he abused repeatedly with consent from their mother.
It took the jury roughly 12 hours over two days to return guilty verdicts on 28 of 36 counts for several crimes, including aggravated sexual assault, criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child.
The jury, however, declared mistrials on both counts of human trafficking.
“Mr. Rosales is facing hundreds of years in prison,” Assistant Prosecutor Mark Chiavola told the court during an argument to revoke Rosales' bail.
Judge James Guida agreed, proclaiming Rosales a flight risk given that he is not an American citizen. He will be sentenced on Jan. 11.
A handful of prosecutors and victims' advocates rushed into court when a verdict was imminent. Rosales gave no expression as the jury's foreman read off each guilty count.
Outside the courtroom, two jurors said there was unanimous agreement that Rosales sexually abused the two young girls in a series of encounters, and that their mother was aware.