Indictment unsealed for sex trafficking charges in boston
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Indictment Unsealed for Sex Trafficking Charges in Boston

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July 7, 2024

BOSTON, MA – An indictment was unsealed last week in Boston charging Christy Parker, 26; Alexander Smalls, 25; Cory Primo, 42; Avvani Jeffers, 22; Tre’sean Reid, 21; and Tyreik Reid, 20, with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and other sex trafficking charges.

According to the indictment, between January and August 2023, Parker, Smalls, Tre’sean Reid, and Tyreik Reid used force, threats of force, fraud, and coercion to compel an adult woman to engage in commercial sex. Additionally, between July and August 2023, Parker, Smalls, Primo, and Jeffers allegedly used similar tactics to force a minor into commercial sex. In August 2023, Parker, Primo, and Jeffers were also accused of recruiting, enticing, harboring, transporting, providing, obtaining, and maintaining another minor for commercial sex. The indictment alleges that all defendants conspired to commit sex trafficking during this period.

Jeffers was arrested on June 27 and made an initial appearance later that day, with a detention hearing scheduled for July 8. Parker and Primo are set to appear in U.S. District Court in Boston on July 8. Smalls, currently awaiting trial in South Carolina, will be arraigned in Boston at a later date. Tyreik Reid is scheduled for a detention hearing in U.S. District Court in South Carolina on July 10. Tre’sean Reid remains a fugitive.

If convicted of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, each defendant faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison and a maximum penalty of life in prison. Convictions for sex trafficking of a minor carry a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison, with a maximum penalty of life in prison. Conspiracy to commit sex trafficking also carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. Sentences will be determined by a federal district court judge, considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy for the District of Massachusetts, and Special Agent in Charge Michael J. Krol of the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New England Field Office.

The case is being investigated by the Somerset Police Department and HSI New England Field Office

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