Dear Friends:
I think the take away message here is for everyone to talk to their teenagers about the lures and dangers of the commercial sex industry -- no matter what their school, community or socioeconomic status.
Abolition!
Lisa
Metro, FBI bust alleged prostitution ring in 'Boro
Family trio charged with using minor girls
THE DAILY NEWS JOURNAL • August 18, 2009
Metro Police detectives and FBI agents busted what they believe is a family-run prostitution ring using underage teens as prostitutes after conducting surveillance at a Murfreesboro Motel 6 in early August.
Teresa Ann West, also known as Teresa West-Dagley, 45, is charged in state court with trafficking for sexual servitude and promoting prostitution. She is also charged in federal court, along with her son, Casey, 20 and daughter Diana, 22, with using a minor for commercial sex.
Metro's Specialized Investigations Division and the FBI accused the trio of using a 16-year-old high school girl to perform sex acts as part of their prostitution ring, and they believe other underage victims are involved, according to a Metro Police press release.
After receiving information this year that the alleged ring was using girls from a Middle Tennessee high school to work as prostitutes, law enforcement officers set up surveillance of Teresa West on Aug. 3 as she checked into the Motel 6 on Chaffin Place in Murfreesboro, the release stated. They watched her leave a room key card on a wall in the parking lot and leave the area.
A little later, a 16-year-old girl drove to the motel and went into West's room, using the key card. Metro detectives and FBI agents then entered the room and interviewed the teenager, who acknowledged having sex for money at the direction of Teresa Ann West about 20 to 30 times this summer.
The girl told police that clients typically paid $110 and she gave West $40. She said West knew she was 16 but told her to tell people she was 18 if they asked.
Casey West is alleged to have driven the teenager to a client and received a $20 fee from her. She said she has given money to Casey West on other occasions as well. Diana West, 22, is alleged to have assisted in the operation of the prostitution business.
Parents of teenagers, particularly in the Robertson County area, who are or were friends with Casey, Diana or Teresa West, are urged to talk with their children and inquire whether they have any knowledge regarding the prostitution business. Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Metro SID Detective Chad Holman at 615-782-3301. Underage persons involved in this matter are considered to be victims.
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