Category: Rhode Island

Group Home Supervisor Sentenced to 10 Years for Sex Trafficking Minor

May 14, 2019 | News, Perpetrators, Rhode Island

In March and April 2017, Reysean Williams, 28, with the assistance of Leonardo Gomes, 20, of Pawtucket, RI.
repeatedly sex-trafficked a missing 17-year-old girl in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and on Long Island, New York, by posting advertisements and pictures of the teenager on the website “Backpage.com”.

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ICE HSI Boston investigation brings 10-year prison sentence in Rhode Island child sex trafficking case

May 10, 2019 | News, Perpetrators, Rhode Island

A supervisor at a group home contracted by the Rhode Island Department of Children Youth and Families (RI DCYF) who repeatedly sex-trafficked a missing 17-year-old girl was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.

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