Accused Sex Trafficker Indicted For Running Sex Ring in Andover

ANDOVER, MA -- A 34-year-old Boston man has been indicted on sex-trafficking charges after he was arrested for running a prostitution ring out of Andover.

An Essex County grand jury on Monday indicted Joshua Toney, 34, of Boston on the following charges: Trafficking a person for sexual servitude (two counts); conspiracy; and deriving support from prostitution (two counts).

Co-defendant Lisindra Kimmi Beeson, 22, was indicted on charges of trafficking a person for sexual servitude and conspiracy.

No arraignment date has been scheduled in superior court.

State and Andover police arrested Toney on April 14 following an investigation by the state police High Risk Victim Unit and the Andover Police Department.

Investigators allege that Toney lured a woman from the Midwest to Massachusetts with the intent of using her for prostitution. He allegedly arranged for that woman to work with another woman as a prostitute, police said.

The second woman used the Internet to arrange for the clients for both women, police allege. The clients met the women in Andover and Toney would then collect the money the women were paid, police allege.