Crime & Safety
Man Enters Plea In Windsor Human Trafficking Case
A man charged last year in a human trafficking and prostitution case entered a plea Monday.
WINDSOR, CT - A man charged in a human trafficking case last year entered a guilty plea Monday, according to the Hartford Courant. Jerome Edison, 49, of Las Vegas, pleaded guilty to a single count of human trafficking.
He will be sentenced to 10 years in prison suspended after 4 1/2 years followed by 5 years of supervised release.
Edison was charged in June 2018 along with Erica "Butter" Spencer, 28, of Las Vegas, with promoting prostitution and conspiracy charges.
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According to reports, Edison and Spencer picked up a Nebraska woman from the Philadelphia airport and drove her to Connecticut to work as a prostitute in a local hotel. When the woman wanted to leave, Edison threatened her with violence.
Edison has been free on $250,000 bond since his arrest, according to The Courant.
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