St. Cloud Man Gets 27 Years In Sex Trafficking Case
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- A 41-year-old St. Cloud man was sentenced to 27 years in prison on Thursday for sex trafficking two women in Stearns County.
Israel Davis was convicted on Jan. 20 of 10 counts of sex trafficking. In October of 2015, Waite Park police say investigators from several metro area agencies working with the Central Minnesota Sex Trafficking Task Force established probable cause the a man identified as Davis was actively recruiting and promoting prostitution.
According to court documents, Davis recruited a woman in January of 2014 and convinced her to engage in several acts of prostitution over the course of six months. He also assaulted the woman on at least one occasion during that period and regularly provided her with methamphetamine while taking most of the money she made.
Davis recruited another woman to work as a prostitute in March of 2014.
