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BOARDMAN, Ohio (WKBN) – Is one of the biggest movies of the summer educating people on the impact of human sex trafficking? Stacey Altiere is with the Trumbull County Health District and is also the director of the Ohio Response Recovery and Interaction Network, which focuses on human trafficking. That’s the subject of “Sound of…
NILES, Ohio (WKBN) – A training this week in Trumbull County aims to put the audience in the shoes of a victim of human trafficking. A division of Mahonic County Public Health called The Mahoning Valley Pathways HUB will host a Survivor Led Human Trafficking Awareness Training on Friday. The event will last from 10…
NILES — Community health workers attended a survivor-led Human Trafficking Awareness Training on Friday hosted by a division of Mahoning County Public Health called The Mahoning Valley Pathways HUB inside Rust City Church in Niles. Teresa Merriweather, 41, of Lorain County, a survivor of human trafficking, walked the crowd through a comprehensive view into the…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – The holiday season is a time of celebration but can also bring danger with it. Major Jeff Allen with the Mahoning County Human Trafficking Task Force says people should be cautious all year long, but there are some things to be especially concerned about during the holidays. “There’s kids out shopping,…
An affidavit filed in U.S. District Court highlights the text messages exchanged between Torrence and a task force undercover agent posing as a 15-year-old girl over the social media application known as “Whisper”. By Mike Gauntner A mechanic from the Akron area now faces a federal charge after being arrested in an undercover sting conducted…
Prosecutors in the Mahoning Valley are talking about the outbreak of child pornography cases cropping up in area courts. Assistant Trumbull County Prosecutor Gabriel Wildman says there used to be a handful per year, but now he has 20 to 25 cases before him at one time. Wildman just in the last week had started…
A couple has been arrested on Tuesday at a home in Youngstown, both are currently in a New York City jail charged with running a human sex trafficking ring that operated in six states; they even reportedly post content on the website OnlyFans. Jonathan Ruiz, 29, and Charline Santiago, 27, appeared in a Mahoning County…
YOUNGSTOWN — Nicholas J. Sammartino, 23, was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty earlier to several sex charges involving a girl, 15. His offenses — unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, disseminating matter harmful to juveniles and pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor — took place from Nov. 1, 2021,…
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