50-year-old man arrested for paying 14-year-old human trafficking victim for sex
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police arrested a 50-year-old man accused of soliciting sex from a 14-year-old human trafficking victim.
According to police, William Cates saw the victim along Central Avenue and offered to give her a ride. Cates then took the victim to a local hotel room, and police said he paid her to have sex with him.
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Cates is charged with criminal sexual penetration of a minor and patronizing prostitution. Detectives learned about Cates while they were investigating two people, Tajahnae Maryann Johnson and Roderick Norseweather, who were arrested on human trafficking charges.
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