Sex sting nets three arrests

REVERE – A joint operation involving the Revere Police and the FBI, which began in February, has resulted in three arrests on charges related to the sex trafficking of several women, including a minor.The operation, a multi-jurisdictional effort in an attempt to locate underage females who are victims of sex trafficking and to identify possible sex traffickers, began Feb. 23. On that same day, Revere Police arrested Tyrell Gorham, of Lewiston, Maine, during a sting operation at a Revere hotel, according to Sgt. Lynn Romboli of the Criminal Investigation Division. He was charged with several state charges, to include sex trafficking.However, earlier this month (May 5), the above investigation resulted in three more arrests. Besides Gorham, those arrested were Chelanjei Greene, 32, and Lee Young, 32, of Brockton. They were charged in a federal complaint with sex trafficking of a minor across state lines and sex trafficking through force, fraud or coercion.?These girls, some underage, are brought to various hotels for outcalls/incalls by their pimps,” Romboli said. “Very few girls act as independents or work without pimps. They are typically forced to work through force, fraud or coercion.”According to details from the probe, Gorham allegedly used social media to identify and target women in the Portland, Maine, area and then either lured or transported them to the Greater Boston area, where Gorham, Greene and Young would force them to work as prostitutes.The victims were required to have sex with 10 to 15 customers per day and turn over their earnings to Gorham, Greene and Young, the report said.?No girl grows up thinking that she wants to be a prostitute,” Romboli said. “The goal is to give them other alternatives and empower them. They are systematically broken down, mentally, physically and spiritually. It takes time to build them back up. Behind every operation is a group of advocates and services that are in place to assist the victims along the way to obtaining self-worth and self-esteem, detox and housing.”The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. attorneys Emily Cummings and Timothy Moran of Ortiz?s Organized Crime and Gang Unit.