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Fri, 26 May 2006 11:20:37 -0700
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THIS IS ABSOLUTLY DISPICKABLE. 

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>
http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=125555
>  
> 
> Woman, 27, charged in forced prostitution of
> half-sister
> 
>  
> 
> Alleged victim is developmentally disabled
> 
>  BY MARA H. GOTTFRIED Pioneer Press A St. Paul woman
> forced her 
> developmentally disabled half-sister into
> prostitution by telling her she would be sent 
> back to a group home if she didn't give men what
> they wanted, according to 
> charges filed Wednesday.
> 
>  The Ramsey County attorney's office charged Bethann
> Hilston with promotion 
> of prostitution. Hilston is her sister's caretaker
> and receives her Social 
> Security checks.
> 
>  Hilston, 27, is accused of setting up "dates" for
> her 30-year-old sister, 
> during which the woman had sex with men for money
> and then handed the proceeds 
> over to Hilston, the complaint said.
> 
>  The case came to authorities' attention when
> Hilston called police Monday to 
> complain that a woman in her apartment building in
> the 900 block of North 
> Grotto Street was making harassing phone calls to
> her, said officer Pete Crum, a 
> St. Paul police spokesman.
> 
>  Officer Steven Petron went to investigate. As he
> interviewed people in the 
> building and waded through information, Petron began
> to hear allegations about 
> Hilston, Crum said.
> 
>  The woman Hilston accused of making the phone calls
> told Petron that Hilston 
> had put nude photographs of her sister on a Web site
> and was using the 
> Internet to solicit patrons for prostitution, the
> complaint said.
> 
>  The victim told that woman and Petron that Hilston
> made her pose for the 
> nude photos about a year ago and told her she'd be
> sent back to the group home if 
> she didn't comply, the complaint said. The victim
> said she was afraid to go 
> back to the group home.
> 
>  Another resident at the apartment told Petron that
> Hilston had asked her to 
> answer Internet instant messages for her and send
> back prices for oral sex and 
> "sex that included everything" when men inquired,
> the complaint said. The 
> woman said she refused when she found out sex was
> involved.
> 
>  A man who lived in the building recalled that
> Hilston woke up her sister one 
> day in April and had her go out to a red car where a
> man was waiting. When 
> the victim came back with $30 for Hilston, she said
> it was from performing oral 
> sex on the man in the car, the complaint said. The
> man said he noticed 
> different men calling the house 10 to 20 times a
> day, asking for the victim.
> 
>  After Petron's investigation, the case was
> forwarded to a newly created 
> human trafficking task force the St. Paul police
> department is coordinating, Crum 
> said.
> 
>  Hilston is being held in the Ramsey County jail.
> 
>  Mara H. Gottfried can be reached at
> mgottfried@pioneer press.com or 
> 651-228-5262.
> 
> 
>  
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