Sex Trafficking Ring Busted in Rochester

Three Rochester residents have been charged with sex trafficking and transportation of a minor in a shocking case that highlights the city’s underworld of human exploitation.

Jodia Campbell, 32, Laree Greggs, 37, and Jennifer Miller, 26, all of Rochester, New York, were charged with various felonies including the transportation of a minor in interstate commerce to engage in prostitution and sex trafficking of a minor, United States Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. of the Western District of New York announced today.

According to the complaint, the 16-year-old alleged that she was recruited by Miller and taken to New Jersey and Pennsylvania to engage in prostitution by Miller, Campbell and Greggs. Other adult individuals also alleged having been transported by Greggs, Miller and Campbell at various times, out of state, to prostitute.

Investigators reviewed backpage.com ads and found contact information associated with Miller, Campbell and Greggs. The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006.

The transportation of a minor in interstate commerce to engage in prostitution carries a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine of $250,000. Sex trafficking of a minor and the transportation of a minor in interstate commerce to engage in prostitution each carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years imprisonment and a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and a fine of $250,000.

The investigation was a culmination of an effort by the FBI’s Cyber Task Force, which includes the Rochester Police Department under the direction of Chief , the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office under the direction of Chief Patrick O’Flynn and Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Brian Boetig, Special Agent in Charge.

The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

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