Woman, teens charged with luring Facebook user into prostitution
Two teenagers and a 23-year-old woman were charged with human trafficking in Orange County for allegedly luring a 17-year-old girl on Facebook and forcing her to work as a prostitute.
According to the Orange County district attorney’s office, 19-year-old Dejon Pierre Moore initiated an online relationship with the girl on the social media site.
In late September, Moore picked the girl up in Los Angeles and drove her to Orange County, where she was forced to work as a prostitute, prosecutors said in a written statement. Moore hit her and threatened her when she wanted to stop, prosecutors said. Jennifer Kaye Moeggenberg, 23, allegedly set the rules for how the girl would behave around customers.
Moore collected the girl’s earnings and gave part of them to Kristian Adway, 19, prosecutors said.
The case came to light when Adway was driving the others in Anaheim and allegedly refused to stop for a routine traffic stop.
In addition to the felony human trafficking charge, Adway was charged with pandering with a minor over 16 years by procuring; pimping; pandering; evading while driving recklessly; and one misdemeanor count of resisting and obstructing an officer. He faces 14 years in state prison if convicted.
Moeggenberg was charged with felony human trafficking and pandering with a minor over 16 years old and one misdemeanor count of false representation to a peace officer. She faces 12 years in state prison if convicted.
Moore was charged with felony human trafficking, pimping a minor, pandering with a minor, pimping and pandering with a sentencing enhancement for human trafficking by force or fear. He faces 17 years and 8 months in prison if convicted.
They are scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 18 in Orange County Superior Court.
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