And for some of these films that’s what lies at the heart of the plot. I don’t know about you but, for me, there’s nothing like lying in bed at night plotting revenge. Thinking that over, I was a bit surprised to discover that there are actually quite a few films with dudes in distress, manacled and miserable. But why does it always have to be women? Why aren’t cute guys target for drooling sickos on screen? Like they are in Hollywood.
The outcome of the case was announced alongside Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody.Ĭharges included conspiracy to commit human trafficking, interference with custody, sexual battery with a child under 16 and transmission of material harmful to a minor.Don’t you weary of films and TV procedurals where women are walking down a darkened street only to be abducted by a psycho killer? You know that it’s going to go either two ways, and even a rescue is not entirely a happy ending. Petersburg Police Department posted mugshots of the seven suspects online. The child is now receiving "specialized trauma-informed care" designed for human trafficking victims, officials said. "For the next year, he was introduced to sadomasochism and used as a sex slave by Mark and Andrew Dennis, Gruwell, Schwartz, and their associates Michael Ray Blasdel and JR Gauthier," police said, adding: "He did not attend school or receive medical care."Īfter police made contact in May 2018, four male suspects moved from the St. In May 2017, the teenager's mother found a note from her son saying not to look for him. Investigators allege that almost a year before he was found, family acquaintance Eleanor Faye McGlamory had "befriended the boy and introduced him to Mark Dennis and Andrew Dennis." The child, then 15-years-old, had been promised a better life but was instead moved into the "filthy trailer." In fact, he was missing from Marion County. Police determined that the 16-year-old was not related to the man. As a result, both teenagers were taken from the home. Initially, Mark Dennis claimed to be the younger child's biological father-but had no papers to prove the relation. Two additional suspects were later named as Michael Blasdel and JR Gauthier. They were in the trailer with adults Mark Dennis, Andrew Dennis, Curtis Gruwell, and Michael Schwartz. When officers arrived at the scene they found the teen and another boy, 16. Police said he had been lured there via Discord, a gaming chat app. Intelligence suggested a missing 17-year-old boy from Louisiana was at a mobile home in the city of St. The probe kicked into gear on May 9 last year after Louisiana deputies contacted Florida police. Read more: Florida man charged after "eating" police patrol car seat
It followed a months-long investigation into trafficking victims, the department said. A seventh suspect who remained at large turned himself in yesterday. Petersburg Police Department Chief Anthony Holloway announced the arrests of five men and one woman on Monday. Seven alleged human traffickers have been arrested by police in Florida after two missing teenagers were discovered inside a "filthy" mobile home.