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Columbus Woman Convicted In Teen Prostitution Case

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.

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.