GARY, Ind. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Human trafficking charges are being filed against a 34-year-old Gary man who’s alleged to have held a woman against her will and forced her into sex.
The 27-year-old woman told police she went to the man’s home with several other people three months ago and was not allowed to leave, according to a news release from the City of Gary.
She said she was beaten and was forced to have sex with different men. She called 911 on Wednesday morning and said the man had broken her nose.
However, the victim said she didn’t want police involved, because that would make things worse.
She wanted paramedics. Police showed up at the home on the 2500 block of Jefferson Street.
They said an “angry male” behind the closed front door told them to go away. They could hear the woman saying she only wanted paramedics,
Eventually she came out the back door and told her story.
The 34-year-old man, who has not yet been identified, faces charges of sexual human trafficking, criminal recklessness, criminal confinement, and battery.
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