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Columbus Woman Convicted In Teen Prostitution Case

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published August 30, 2013 at 6:47 AM EDT

A Columbus woman is awaiting sentencing for helping force a teenage relative into prostitution. Thomasina Howard has pleaded guilty to charges of introducing the 16-year-old victim to a pimp who put her up in an east side brothel. The alleged pimp is scheduled to go on trial next month.
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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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