The former police chief of Fairfax County, Virginia, and three ex-officers are on trial for allegedly covering up a sex trafficking ring.
A federal jury in Alexandria, Va., this week heard testimony from a woman, identified as Jane Doe, during a civil trial against four former members of the Fairfax County Police Department: the former Chief Edwin Roessler, James Baumstark, a former captain who is now the deputy chief in Asheville, North Carolina, and officers Michael Barbazette and Jason Mardocco, FOX 5 DC reported.
Sanchez, sentenced to just 2.5 years in prison for admitting she managed “unlawful prostitution activity,” confiscated the passports of five women and threatened to contact US immigration authorities if they did not comply with her demands. Doe argued that Roessler, Baumstark, Barbazette and Mardocco violated federal law by obstructing efforts to investigate and prosecute Sanchez.
The civil trial against four former members of the Fairfax County Police Department accuses them of covering up a sex trafficking ring.Barbazette and Mardocco allegedly admitted being clients of Sanchez and resigned from the department when their phone numbers were discovered on the madam’s phoneBut Kimberly P.
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