{Lexington, Kentucky}...Monday, a Fayette County grand jury chose not to indict Danella Santos-Evangelista, a woman who had been accused of engaging in organized crime and promoting prostitution as part of a multi-state prostitution ring. Authorities say Spanish-speaking women from a number of states were recruited or forced to come to Kentucky to become prostitutes. U.S. Attorney Kerry Harvey says some were enticed to come to Lexington or another area with the promise of legitimate work, then induced or persuaded to work as prostitutes when they found out there were no jobs. Assistant U.S. Attorney David Marye says one woman was told that her children would be killed if she did not work as a prostitute.
