Three new people are sitting in the Hamilton County Jail after investigators said they found the suspects were using a 15-year-old girl for commercial sex trafficking.
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Recent research suggests the face of homelessness is getting younger every year.
According to the National Network for Youth, in 2017, an estimated 20% of homeless people in America were under the age of 18.
Joyce Lavery, CEO of Nashville's Safe Haven Family Shelter said growing up homeless is the reality many kids are being born into. "They are saying the new face of homelessness is an infant," said Lavery.
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NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) -
A woman serving a life sentence for murder could get a second chance after a clemency hearing Wednesday at the Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville.
Cyntoia Brown was 16 years old when she killed a man who picked her up for sex. She was convicted of first-degree murder in 2004 and given a life sentence for the crime.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Three people are facing a slew of charges in a sex trafficking bust at a Nashville hotel.
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A man is behind bars, indicted for kidnapping a teen runaway, raping her, and forcing her to work as a prostitute. Melvin Howard Williams, 32, was indicted on felony charges of rape and two counts of trafficking for commercial sex acts. He also was indicted on a misdemeanor count of harboring a runaway.
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Actress Allison Mack was arrested on Friday morning and charged with recruiting women into an empowerment group that functioned as a sex trafficking operation.
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Classified advertising website Backpage.com pleaded guilty to human trafficking charges in Texas on Thursday, the state's attorney general announced, while the company's CEO pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in California.
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Double Header: @Rebecca Finley, ESTN Board member named to Nashville Post’s all-star Board AND @Derri Smith, Founder and CEO, named to 2018 Leaders in Charge List in the Nonprofit category.
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Backpage.com, a classified advertising website that faced persistent allegations of profiting from illegal prostitution, was shut down by the U.S. government Friday as authorities reportedly brought criminal charges against seven of those involved in operating the site.
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