Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Two Sentenced On Sex Trafficking

{Lexington, Kentucky}...The U.S. attorney's office says 38 year old Marco Antonio Flores-Benitez was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty this month to conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking in Kentucky. Co-defendant, 36 year old Roxana Serna-Olea, was sentenced Wednesday to 46 months in prison. She pleaded guilty to persuading someone to travel in interstate commerce to engage in prostitution. Two others have entered guilty pleas and are awaiting sentencing. The defendants were accused of recruiting Spanish-speaking women from North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Maryland to become prostitutes.