Thursday, July 26, 2012
Connecticut State Police said the same Framingham man was caught escaping from a East Lyme motel with a female victim.
A Framingham man suspected of prostituting two young women from a hotel in Shrewsbury, was held on $50,000 cash bail today after he was rendited from Connecticut following an investigation by the Massachusetts State Police. On June 1, the Massachusetts State Police Special Services Section received information that Anthony Mannes, 37, had rented a room with two unidentified women, ages 18 and 20, at a motel on Route 9 in Shrewsbury. Mannes had vacated the motel room, leaving behind all his and the women’s belongings. Based on this and other information, the Massachusetts State Police Special Services Section and the Worcester District Attorney’s Office began an investigation in Mannes. Simultaneously, the 18-year-old woman who was being …
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Connecticut State Police said a Framingham man was caught escaping from a East Lyme motel with a female victim.
A Framingham man wanted on human trafficking charges was arrested in East Lyme Monday evening after town police tracked him down to a local motel. Anthony Maness, 37, was taken into custody as a fugitive from justice. He awaits extradition by the Massachusetts State Police and faces charges of deriving support from earnings of a prostitute and trafficking persons for sexual servitude, according to a press release from the Connecticut State Police Troop E barracks in Montville. A Massachusetts State Police special services unit contacted East Lyme police with a report that Maness was staying at an unspecified motel in town with a female victim, police said. Just before East Lyme police got to the hotel, Maness received a phone call saying …
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Child-sex laws increase penalties to pimps and clients; Spilka adds labor-protection to all children.
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Saturday, July 2, 2011
The state Senate this week unanimously passed legislation, including an amendment proposed by state Sen. Karen Spilka, whose district includes Framingham, that cracks down on human trafficking and forced child labor in Massachusetts. The bill establishes protection for victims and criminal penalties for forced labor and sexual servitude, Spilka’s office said in a press release. The amendment proposed by Spilka gives victims of forced labor access to the same help and services as the sexually exploited. “We will work to ensure that all children are protected,” Spilka said. The Senate bill was sponsored by Sen. Mark Montigny of New Bedford six years ago. “I truly believe this bill is going to save lives,” Montigny said. Attorney General …
Thursday, June 2, 2011
This bill represents a powerful and historic step in defending Massachusetts' most defenseless and vulnerable populations, said Rep. Tom Sannicandro.
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
BOSTON – State Rep. Tom Sannicandro, who represents part of Framingham, Wednesday joined his colleagues in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in unanimously passing legislation aimed at fighting human trafficking in the Commonwealth. The bill creates crimes for human trafficking offenses such as trafficking persons for sexual servitude and trafficking persons for forced services. “Our primary job as elected officials is to secure the safety of folks across the Commonwealth,” House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo said. “No one should have to experience the horrors of being sold into a life of exploitation. This anti-human trafficking legislation will help our law enforcement officials crack down on instances of this unconscionable …
David Nolta
11:34 pm on Sunday, June 24, 2012
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