Crime & Safety

Boston Man Sent to Prison for Child Sex Trafficking

Mark Pinnock, 23, was sentenced to eight years in prison.

A Boston man was sentenced Monday in connection with the sex trafficking of a 15-year-old girl.

Mark Pinnock, 23, pleaded guilty last August to recruiting and transporting a minor to engage in prostitution.

A recent press release indicated that two co-defendants, Justin Richardson and Martin Pinkney, both of Baltimore, will be sentenced on December 19 and 22 respectively.

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Officers responded to an emergency call from a Cambridge hotel in late-December 2013, where they found the 15-year-old victim and Pinnock. The minor stated that Richardson and Pinkney had arranged for her to travel by bus from Baltimore to Boston.

Pictures were taken of her in both cities and used to post ads soliciting prostitution customers on the classified advertising websites Backpage and Craigslist. While in Boston, the minor victim engaged in sex for a fee at the direction of Pinnock at two local hotels.

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Pinnock was sentenced to eight years in prison and five years of supervised release.

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