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Arrest Made in Midwest Child Prostitution Ring

NPR

Published January 18, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

A 32-year-old Chicago man is in custody, accused of running a child prostitution ring in five Midwestern states. Authorities say he lured girls -- many of them runaways -- with offers of free jewelry, then held them hostage and made them perform sex acts. Shirley Jahad of Chicago Public Radio reports.

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