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A New York man has been indicted on charges stemming from allegations that he sex trafficked an 18-year-old girl from another state, the Brooklyn District Attorney announced on Friday. , Eric González.
Allen Barrington, 37, is charged with sex trafficking, promoting prostitution and other related charges.
“We allege this defendant lured a young woman from out of state to come to Brooklyn under false pretenses and then trafficked her in exchange for sex,” Gonzalez said. “I am committed to saving and protecting our at-risk adolescents from predators who seek to harm and exploit them.”
Barrington was arraigned Friday in Brooklyn Supreme Court on an indictment in which he is charged with two counts of sex trafficking, one count of attempted sex trafficking, one count of promoting second-degree prostitution, two heads of promotion to the third and fourth degree. prostitution, one count of third degree assault and one count of attempted third degree assault.
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Allen Barrington, 37, is charged with sex trafficking, promoting prostitution and other related charges.
(New York Police Department)
He is being held without bond and will return to court on August 16, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported.
Gonzalez said an investigation found the defendant allegedly responded to an online message from an 18-year-old girl from Ohio on June 3. The man had offered to fund a bus ride to New York, where he said he would help her get started naked. video modeling.
Barrington picked her up from a bus stop in Brooklyn on June 5 and brought her to her apartment. In his apartment was another girl whom the accused had lured from Illinois to participate in prostitution.
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File photo – The 18-year-old was allegedly forced into prostitution.
He allegedly told the Ohio victim she had to work in prostitution and took her to a trail in eastern New York. But when she refused, he threatened her and said he would hurt her grandparents in Ohio.
The accused not only allegedly forced the victim into prostitution between June 5 and June 18, but also physically assaulted her and attempted to taser her at one point.
The victim was allegedly forced to work in prostitution on the trail in East New York and Barrington wouldn’t allow her to quit until she got a quota he set.
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The suspect was arrested in Ohio and extradited to New York.
(AP)
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Barrington also allegedly took pictures of her and the Illinois woman and posted them online offering prostitution services.
The victim entered the 75th Precinct on June 17 and turned in the accused who was arrested in Ohio on July 6 before being extradited to New York.
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