NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Gentilly man has been accused of child sex trafficking in New Orleans.
NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune (https://bit.ly/2maWsvc ) reports that 26-year-old Eugene Forrest III was arrested Friday on human trafficking charges after authorities say he dropped off a 17-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman at a New Orleans hotel during a sting operation.
Police say the two teenagers had arrived to meet an undercover agent.
Forrest told agents he had only given the teenagers a ride to the hotel. The 17-year-old girl, however, told agents she had been working as a prostitute for Forrest since the beginning of the month.
Forest could face up to 10 years for human trafficking and 15 to 50 years for the trafficking of children for sexual purposes.
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Information from: The Times-Picayune, https://www.nola.com
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