Two charged with using Craigslist to sell minors for sex

Published May 18, 2009 4:00am ET



Two Maryland residents have been charged with using Craigslist’s erotic services section to pimp three underage girls at Baltimore-area hotels, Maryland’s U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein told The Examiner.

Byron Keith Thompson and Lea Shawnay Bell are facing three counts of sex trafficking of a minor for selling sex with two 15-year-olds and a 17-year-old, according to an indictment unsealed Monday in Maryland’s federal court.

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