NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- A man was arrested for luring and then allegedly sex trafficking an 18-year-old girl, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Friday.
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Officials charged 37-year-old Allen Barrington with two counts of sex trafficking, one count of attempted sex trafficking, one count of second-degree promoting prostitution, two counts of third- and fourth- degree promoting prostitution, one count of third-degree assault and one count of third-degree attempted assault.
He was ordered held without bail and to return to court on August 16, 2022.
According to the investigation, on June 3, Barrington allegedly responded to an online website posted on by an 18-year-old girl who was living in Ohio. He allegedly offered to pay for a Greyhound bus ticket for her to visit New York where he would help her get started in nude modeling on video.
When the girl arrived at the Port Authority Bus Terminal on June 5, Barrington allegedly picked her up and brought her to an apartment in East New York, Brooklyn, where officials said there was another girl he had recruited from Illinois to engage in prostitution.
Barrington allegedly told her she had to work in prostitution and took her to a track in East New York.
When the victim refused, telling Barrington that this was not the agreement, he allegedly threatened the victim and threatened to harm her grandparents back in Ohio, officials said.
Authorities also alleged that between June 5 and June 18, in addition to forcing her to work in prostitution in East Flatbush and East New York, Barrington was physically violent towards the victim and at one point attempted to taser her.
She was allegedly forced to engage in prostitution on the track in East New York and was not allowed to stop until she earned a quota that had been set by Barrington, Gonzalez said.
Barrington allegedly took photos of the victim and the other woman and posted them on websites that offered prostitution services.
It is also alleged that on June 17, the victim walked into the 75th precinct in East New York to report Barrington.
He was arrested in Ohio on July 6, and was extradited to Brooklyn on July 26.
“We allege that this defendant lured a young woman from out of state to come to Brooklyn under false pretenses, then trafficked her for money in exchange for sex,” District Attorney Gonzalez said. “I am committed to rescuing and protecting our at-risk teens from predators who seek to harm and exploit them.”
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