Cops: Pimp marked young prostitutes with tattoos
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They were all given street names that began with the letter "P." But there was another way that the girls involved in an alleged child prostitution ring were identified.
Many of them, including a 14-year-old girl, had "P Child," tattooed on their chest, shoulder, wrist or back.
That allegedly was the way alleged pimp Datqunn Sawyer "branded" his young prostitutes, authorities said, as they charged him with running a child prostitution ring on the West Side out of his home and his mother's home since 2009.
Sawyer, 31, of Chicago, was arrested Thursday on charges that he, with two others, recruited girls as young as 13 to work as prostitutes -- then kept them in the positions by using violence and threats.
"These defendants are alleged to have maintained control over vulnerable girls through violence and intimidation," Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez said.
Alvarez said the investigation meant nine girls would no longer be "forced to engage in the horrific trade of sex trafficking."
A federal criminal complaint made public Thursday charged that their services were advertised through Craigslist. But Sawyer also made the girls "walk the track," or go out in public places and try to pick up customers in cars or on street corners. They charged $150 to $350 for sexual services, and authorities say Sawyer kept the money, "providing his prostitutes with only minimal subsistence."
One of the girls, who was 15, told the FBI she once angered Sawyer because she sometimes carried a teddy bear or the Bible when she was living with him, according to the charges.
She said she was scolded for "acting her age" and that she needed to "act the age I gave you," which was 18, according to the complaint.
Two others, Waymond Orr, 30, and Kevin Sharp, 51, also of Chicago, were charged in state court, each with one count of pandering. While Sharp was arrested along with Sawyer on Thursday, Orr, who was sometimes considered Sawyer's "enforcer," according to charges, remains a fugitive.
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Many of them, including a 14-year-old girl, had "P Child," tattooed on their chest, shoulder, wrist or back.
That allegedly was the way alleged pimp Datqunn Sawyer "branded" his young prostitutes, authorities said, as they charged him with running a child prostitution ring on the West Side out of his home and his mother's home since 2009.
Sawyer, 31, of Chicago, was arrested Thursday on charges that he, with two others, recruited girls as young as 13 to work as prostitutes -- then kept them in the positions by using violence and threats.
"These defendants are alleged to have maintained control over vulnerable girls through violence and intimidation," Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez said.
Alvarez said the investigation meant nine girls would no longer be "forced to engage in the horrific trade of sex trafficking."
A federal criminal complaint made public Thursday charged that their services were advertised through Craigslist. But Sawyer also made the girls "walk the track," or go out in public places and try to pick up customers in cars or on street corners. They charged $150 to $350 for sexual services, and authorities say Sawyer kept the money, "providing his prostitutes with only minimal subsistence."
One of the girls, who was 15, told the FBI she once angered Sawyer because she sometimes carried a teddy bear or the Bible when she was living with him, according to the charges.
She said she was scolded for "acting her age" and that she needed to "act the age I gave you," which was 18, according to the complaint.
Two others, Waymond Orr, 30, and Kevin Sharp, 51, also of Chicago, were charged in state court, each with one count of pandering. While Sharp was arrested along with Sawyer on Thursday, Orr, who was sometimes considered Sawyer's "enforcer," according to charges, remains a fugitive.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/269315…
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No doubt that the asshole pimp will be locked up for a long time, and will probably be fucked over-if not killed in prison, but the girls will be victimized twice. The girls deserve a lot better.