South Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking in Massachusetts
A South Carolina man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking between January and August 2023.
According to court documents, Alexander Smalls, 27, of Beaufort, South Carolina, conspired with co-defendant Christy Parker, 28, and others to use physical beatings, threats, intimidation, sleep deprivation, starvation, and other means to coerce at least one adult victim to engage in repeated commercial sex acts in and around Fall River, Massachusetts between January and August 2023.
“This defendant used deplorable means to compel the victim to perform commercial sex acts for the financial benefit of himself and his codefendants,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “His conduct was cruel and predatory in multiple ways, which included physical beatings and threatening to separate her from her child. This partnership between the Criminal Division and the District of Massachusetts will ensure that those who victimize people through human trafficking in Massachusetts will be investigated and prosecuted.”https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/south-carolina-man-pleads-guilty-conspiracy-commit-sex-trafficking-massachusetts
“Alexander Smalls took extraordinary steps to target and exploit a vulnerable victim and continued to do so from jail, after he was taken into state custody on a separate offense. His ruthless predilection to exploit others for his own financial gain is simply heartless and reprehensible,” said U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley for the District of Massachusetts. “My office stands strong in its determination to protect our community from sex traffickers.”
RESOURCES
National Human Trafficking Hotline
Best For: Reporting sex/labor trafficking and getting help
Phone: 1-888-373-7888
Text: 233733
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