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St.Paul man gets 20 years for sex trafficking of minors
Vpdated'0&202015 f0:24:28 PM CDT TwinCities.com
St.Paul man gets 20 years for sex trafficking of minors
The frst of fve St.Paul adults charged in a mWtistate sex trafficking nng that invoNed minors has been sentenced to pnson.
Thomas Wlliam Evans,26,pleaded guilty in June to six of the seven felony charges against him and was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in
prison,with credit for time servetl.
Evans'cotiefendants,all charged in March,are:Suwan Dominique Cross,20;Dons Mane Keller,39;Yolanda Katrice Foster,28;Ishmael
Jamaine Wlliams,20.
Keller pleaded guilty to one count of sex trafficking of a minor,she'll be sentenced Friday.Wlliams,Foster and Cross have each pleaded guiAy
to two counis of sex trafficking a minor and will be sentenced Aug.27,Aug.31 and SepL 18,respectively.
According to cnminal complainis,the trafficking took place in SL Paul,Bmoklyn Park and Maplewood,as well as in Mitwaukee and Racine,Wis.;
Memphis,Tenn.;and Chicago.The work included walking the streets and meeting johns at homes or hotels.the complaints said.Online ads
reportedly were placed in Minnesota,Wsconsin,lowa,Georgia,Ohio,KenWCky and Illinois.
One underage gid told investigators she'd been"trafficked out of more than 10 hotels in the Twin Cities area between July and the end of
August,"�he complaints said.Another female said she was meeting with about seven johns a day,making about$400 to$500,which was
tumed over to the traffckers,according to the charges.
The defendants provided cbthing,food and housing for the females.
The males are accused of being violent and verbally abusive toward the women and gids,the complaints said.
Elizabeth Mohr can be reached at 651-228-5162.Follow her at twitter.coMLizMohr.