What is the biggest myth you’ve come across?
“I’ll tell you what’s very common, I think. There’s two things going on a lot. I can’t really say myths in those types of cases, but I would like to add this. If you asked me about what type of cases you see as an intake judge and magistrate court issuing warrants and what investigators are bringing in, a large amount of cases are child molestation cases, [from] blended families, neighbors, uncles, so many child molestation cases, which is a problem because a lot of juveniles are committing child molestation cases or aggravated child molestation cases and they’re very rampant…
And then the other type are these young girls, now that people are talking about trafficking, who are in the Department of Family and Children Services’ custody. Maybe they’ve been in foster homes, in and out, and they meet some guy. He says, ‘Oh you’re so pretty,’ and he’ll start taking them and pampering, getting their nails done, getting their hair done and transforming them from a 15 or 16 years old to making them look of age… And then that man takes over and he starts requiring them to prostitute them to maintain this lifestyle.”
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