A woman feared she'd never see her child again unless she complied with her husband's scheme to sell her sexual services on Craigslist. Her plea led to the arrest Sunday in Chicago of her husband, a year-old Rockford, Minn. The Associated Press does not generally identify victims of sexual abuse and is not naming the man to avoid identifying his wife. Dart and other law-enforcement agents have repeatedly accused the online site of promoting prostitution in its ads.
In the latest case, the woman told investigators her husband regularly posted ads, promoting her for sex. She claimed he would arrange the encounters and then demand she immediately deposit the money she was paid into his bank account.
He was arrested at a downtown Chicago hotel when he arrived with the child to pick up his wife after what he assumed was her weekend of prostitution. He had been some type of counselor to her at one stage when she was young. At some point, they had the child.
The woman and the child were being kept at a safe location. Authorities said the man had been in touch with his wife all weekend, arranging encounters for her. The man then drove to Chicago to confront her, authorities said. Share story.
