Forest Park woman pleads guilty to trafficking teen relative in DeKalb County

ATLANTA — A Forest Park woman recently pleaded guilty to human trafficking and pimping charges and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Attorney General Chris Carr announced the plea and sentencing Thursday of Virginia Anne Bates, 37, of Forest Park.

As part of her plea, Bates admitted to knowingly harboring and providing a 16-year-old girl, a relative, and an 18-year-old girl to sex buyers. Bates also collected a portion of the financial proceeds from the commercial sex acts of both victims, a press release stated…

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