Teen Girl Arrested for Running High School Prostitution Ring On Facebook
A 17-year-old Florida girl was arrested Friday for human trafficking after the Venice police department began investigating a high school prostitution ring organized on Facebook. The girl arranged at least one act of prostitution that involved a 15-year-old girl and a 21-year-old man, according to cops.
WTSP reports that John Mosher, 21, was arrested after the alleged act of prostitution took place. Cops say Mosher paid $40 and a bottle of alcohol to have sex with a 15-year-old girl. The girl told police she met Mosher at a community pool shed, and when she tried to back out of the deal, he forced her.
The alleged 17-year-old ringleader colluded with another high school student on Facebook to organize meetings like Mosher's, according to cops. In one of the exchanges, the alleged ringleader wrote:
Why pimp out old hoes when I have fresh young hoes I can give up for money? As long as I'm getting paid I'm trafficking all these (expletive deleted).
Police say her plan involved charging $50 for oral sex and $100 for sex with a virgin.
The case was brought to law enforcement's attention by four girls at Venice High School, which neighbors the alleged ringleader's Riverview High School. The girls told cops that the alleged ringleader and another teen boy tried to recruit them to join the ring.
WTSP reports that police will make another arrest in the case today.
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