Posted on 11/18/2005 1:28:11 AM PST by Racehorse
With teen prostitution on the rise and raking in huge profits, more pimps are taking a page from their drug-dealing brethren and blasting away the competition, police say.
“We’re seeing a trend now – it’s a lot easier to sell girls than it is to sell drugs,” said Boston police Sgt. Detective Kelley O’Connell. “Because they’re normally getting shot over drug turf, not over putting a girl on the street. But now we’re seeing pimps fighting over girls and gunplay.”
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O’Connell said Boston street gangs are more frequently getting involved in underage prostitution to supplement – and sometimes replace – drug running. Last month, Dorchester pimp Bertrand “Jungle” Scully was given 10 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of shooting an associate of a rival pimp. The motive for the shooting: The rival lured a 17-year-old hooker away from Scully, prosecutors said.
“We’re seeing a trend of younger recruitment with regards to teen prostitution,” O’Connell said. Pimps troll MBTA stations and Internet chat rooms in search of girls as young as 12 to add to their stables, she added.
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The keyword "Honor" brought this up on a Google news search for people who have recently achieved something admirable. Didn't expect to find the likes of this in the net.
They forget to mention lawyers raking in $$ from this business requiring legal pimping protection too.
ten years for shooting someone, in lurch and cape cod orca country he's probably out on parole already.
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