THIS IS ABSOLUTLY DISPICKABLE.
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http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=125555
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> Woman, 27, charged in forced prostitution of
> half-sister
>
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> 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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