3 Fall River residents charged in sex trafficking conspiracy

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) — The United States Attorney’s Office said that three Fall River residents were charged, alongside three residents of South Carolina, in a sex trafficking conspiracy that involved an adult and two minors.

26-year-old Christy Parker, 42-year-old Cory Primo, and 22-year-old Avvani Jeffers were indicted on charges of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, sex trafficking of a minor, and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking.

The three South Carolina suspects, Alexander Smalls, Tre’sean Reid, and Tyreik Reid, face the same charges.

The attorney’s office said that all six are accused of coercing one adult victim and two minor victims to engage in commercial sex in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and South Carolina for the exclusive financial gain of the perpetrators.

Parker allegedly reached out to the adult victim, who was homeless at the time, offering her a place to live.

Parker is then accused of convincing the victim to quit her job and engage in commercial sex, which were scheduled by by the accused.

The two minor victims, a 16-year-old girl and 17-year-old girl, were coerced into similar acts, with the conspirators keeping all profits for themselves.

Parker and her co-defendants allegedly kept control of the victims with physical violence, threats of violence, alcohol, marijuana, starvation, sleep deprivation, and withholding medical treatment.

The office said Jeffers is currently detained pending a detention hearing on July 8, while  Parker and Primo will appear in U.S. District Court in Boston on the same date.

Smalls is awaiting trial in South Carolina and will be arraigned in Boston at a later date.

Tyreik Reid will appear in US District Court in South Carolina for a detention hearing on July 10.

Tre’sean Reid is currently at large.