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Cops: Man forced girl into prostitution
Arrested in sting operation near Austin hotel
Updated: Friday, 12 Oct 2012, 1:10 PM CDT
Published : Friday, 12 Oct 2012, 1:10 PM CDT
AUSTIN (KXAN) - A 28-year-old man is charged with forcing an underage girl into prostitution after an Austin police officer posing as a would-be customer arranged a date with the girl through an online service.
Austin police were alerted to the likelihood that the girl was working for Artavius Bertrell Wilson by a Bexar County juvenile probation officer.
The officer found an ad featuring the girl on a website known for sex trafficking, according to an arrest warrant affidavit issued Friday.
The document said the officer arranged to meet the girl at a hotel on Tuesday. On his way to the room, he noticed someone later identified as Wilson leaving.
The man was arrested outside the hotel, and later acknowledged that the girl was working for him.
Compelling underage prostitution is a second-degree felony.
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