Mendocino County Woman Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking of a Minor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Monica Merlin Morales, 26, of Point Arena, pleaded guilty today to sex trafficking of a minor, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. According to court documents, Morales and co-defendant Tion Makeise Foster, also of Point Arena, transported a 16-year-old girl to various places in the Eastern District of California and the San Francisco Bay Area in August 2016 so that she could engage in commercial sex acts for their financial benefit.
Name: Monica Merlin Morales / Tion Makeise Foster
Country: US
State: CA
Arresting Agencies: 2
Arrested: 2
Rescued: Unknown
Date of Announcement: March 28, 2018
Arrest End Date: March 2018
Comments: Project Safe Childhood-Sex trafficking a minor
Source 1: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/mendocino-county-woman-pleads-guilty-sex-trafficking-minor
Source 2: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/man-sentenced-over-12-years-sex-trafficking-minor