MS-13 member guilty in sex-trafficking case A member of the MS-13 gang has pleaded guilty to a sex-trafficking charge, admitting that he operated a prostitution business that employed young runaway girls.
Alonso Cornejo Ormeno, 21, pleaded guilty in federal court in Alexandria to sex trafficking of a minor.
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The Fairfax resident ran his prostitution operation from August 2009 to April 2010, according to plea documents. He admitted that he recruited “vulnerable juvenile females” who had run away from home and exploited them as prostitutes in the Northern Virginia area, the documents say.
Jogger assaulted in Bethesda
Montgomery County police are looking for the man who attacked a runner in Bethesda.
The 24-year-old woman was running on Old Georgetown Road near Kingswood Road at about 5:50 a.m. Monday when a man approached her from behind and “grabbed her inappropriately,” police said.
The pair struggled, and the assailant fled when a vehicle was approaching them, police said. The woman was not hurt.
Police described the man as black, 30 to 40 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall and 150 pounds. He was wearing a cream-colored shirt, light pants and a tan winter hat.
– Emily Babay
