Suspects Charged in Trafficking of 15-Year-Old Hillsborough Girl: Florida AG

Suspects charged in trafficking of 15-year-old Hillsborough girl: Florida AG

Previous coverage: Missing 15-year-old rescued from human trafficking TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The two suspects involved in the trafficking of a 15-year-old missing girl from Hillsborough have been formally charged, Attorney General James Uthmeier said. The girl had been missing for months before she was rescued by law enforcement in an undercover operation at the end of June. Terrance Whitfield Jr., 22, was identified as her trafficker and was arre…

Florida AG Announces Arrests In Child Sex Trafficking Case In Hillsborough County

Two Individuals Charged with Life Felonies After Exploiting Child Through Online Escort Sites HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla – Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier today announced the arrests and charges of Terrance Whitfield Jr. and Brittany Armstrong for allegedly trafficking a child for commercial sex acts in Hillsborough County. The suspects face felony charges following an investigation […] Florida AG Announces Arrests In Child Sex Trafficking…

Phwedo Returns to Court in Ongoing Child Trafficking Case

The case of filmmaker Tumpe Mtaya, also known as Phwedo, returns to the Principal Resident Magistrate’s Court in Lilongwe today. The case was previously adjourned on October 10 after the prosecution failed to produce the identity card allegedly used by the complainant to sit for her Form 4 examinations last year. The court had ordered the prosecution’s investigating officer to appear today and explain the failure to comply with that directive. M…

Georgia Hotel Reaches $6M Settlement in Child Sex Trafficking Lawsuit

A hotel in DeKalb County has agreed to pay $6 million to a survivor of child sex trafficking who says staff and owners ignored her abuse while she was trafficked on the property nearly a decade ago. The case was nearing trial when Tucker Inn Inc. agreed to settle for $6 million. The decision came shortly after attorney Patrick McDonough secured a $40 million jury verdict in a similar case against a Decatur hotel. The survivor, Dashaundra Hill, w…

Attorney General James Uthmeier Charges Two Individuals for Human Trafficking of a Child in Hillsborough County

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