According to the Imlay City Police Department, Anthony Joseph Juip, 72, and his wife Qing Feng Xu, 58, are charged with conducting a criminal enterprise and keeping a house of prostitution. A woman allegedly escaped from a residence in northern Michigan on Friday where she claimed she was being forced into prostitution.
The Michigan State School of Criminal Justice director says the ads don't directly advertise prostitution. A Michigan prosecutor said Tuesday he will resign from office after being charged with hiring prostitutes hundreds of times and paying for sex with a woman who wanted help in a child custody dispute.
A sentence of 90 months in federal prison followed by 10 years on supervised release is being recommended. A year-old woman accused of running a prostitution ring in Ann Arbor has accepted a plea deal. The teenager could end up spending the next 20 years in prison for her role in a local sex-trafficking ring. Those arrested for buying or selling sex in Flint may now find their names and faces plastered all over social media.
The unit, which was disbanded a year ago due to budget cuts, was revived as a pilot program. A Michigan man has been convicted of sex trafficking for allegedly bringing a woman and two teens to a suburban Chicago hotel to prostitute. Authorities in Macomb County have arrested four men on charges of solicitation after two separate investigations. Lawmakers are trying to combat human trafficking and improve the state's treatment of victims with a large package of bills. Authorities say a man who used to be a reserve officer with the Macomb County Sheriff's Office was arrested after he solicited sex from an undercover officer in exchange for drugs.
A local day spa has been shut down as police investigate allegations of prostitution and possible human trafficking. The Michigan House has voted to give legal protection to teen prostitutes in an attempt to address human trafficking. A targeted sting operation in Pontiac nets a dozen arrests in the month of October.
