Shawna Calhoun, Transporting Minor for Prostitution, Maine 2014

Shawna Calhoun, 24, of Lewiston, Maine and Alvin Houston, Jr., 27, of Auburn, Maine, have been taken off the streets after pleading guilty to transporting a minor for prostitution in Maine.

On December 23, 2014, Calhoun and Houston arranged to rent a car in Maine. That same day, Houston drove Calhoun, another individual, and a 13-year-old girl from Maine to Boston, Massachusetts, where they stayed with Calhoun’s family.

While in Boston, Calhoun and Houston drove the 13-year-old girl to various hotels in the Boston area to engage in prostitution. They drove her back to Maine and ultimately to Bangor, where the 13-year-old girl again engaged in prostitution.

Early in the morning on December 31, 2014, Calhoun and Houston drove the 13-year-old girl to a hotel in the Bangor area so that she could meet with a client for the purposes of prostitution. The purported client turned out to be a member of law enforcement. Calhoun and Houston were arrested outside in the parking lot, where they were waiting in the rental car.

Both defendants face up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, and will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Homeland Security Investigations Human Trafficking Task Force, the Lisbon and Bangor Police Departments, and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.

Contact: Julia M. Lipez, Assistant United States Attorney, (207) 780-3257.

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