Miami boy, 17, faces life in prison after he is arrested for ‘using social media to pimp out runaway 14-year-old girl for sex and arranging up to five “dates” a day at $250 an hour’
Teen pimp Javier Quintero, 17, was arrested in Miami, Wednesday, multiple charges including sex trafficking of a minor
He is accused of selling a 14-year-old runaway girl for sex on social media
He was taking into custody a day after the girl’s relatives told police that they had seen photographs of the juvenile, allegedly being advertised for prostitution, on social media
The victim told police that Quintero arranged up to five ‘dates’ a day for her at hotels near an airport and charged johns $250 an hour
17-year-old Quintero is being held at a juvenile detention center
He however faces adult charges of human trafficking of a person under 18, deriving support from proceeds of prostitution, possession of child pornography and renting space to be used for prostitution
Quintero allegedly told police that he thought the girl was 17 – In Florida, minors ages 16 or 17 can have consensual sex with a partner who is up to 23 years old without it being considered statutory rape
The girl, however, told police that her pimp knew she was a minor
Quintero faces at least a life sentence if convicted on the sex trafficking of a minor charge
Teen pimp Javier Quintero, [photo], 17, will be charged as an adult after he was arrested in Miami Wednesday, accused of selling a 14-year-old runaway girl for sex on social media
17-year-old Javier Quintero was arrested in Miami, Wednesday , a day after the girl’s relatives told police that they had seen photographs of the juvenile, allegedly being advertised for prostitution, on social media.
Although Quintero is being held at a juvenile detention center, he now faces adult charges of human trafficking of a person under 18, deriving support from proceeds of prostitution, possession of child pornography and renting space to be used for prostitution.
Additional charges against him include custodial interference, unlawful use of a communications device and contributing to the delinquency of a child, according to his arrest report.
The 14-year-old girl told police that a friend introduced her to Javier Quintero [photo], after she ran away from home and that they started having sex a week after they met – Eventually he started pimping her out to men at $250 an hour
The 14-year-old girl told police that a friend introduced her to Javier Quintero after she ran away from home and that they started having sex a week after they met. Eventually he started pimping her out to men at $250 an hour
‘This situation is every parent’s worst nightmare,’ Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle told CBS Miami.
‘Children like this, our children, can be lost so easily. But I and our law enforcement partners are determined to keep that from happening.’
Miami-Springs authorities said the girl’s relatives filed a report late Tuesday about the pictures of her that they had seen on social media.
The arrest form says one of the runaway girl’s relatives told Miami Springs police a 17-year-old named Javi, who used an Instagram account “huncho.javiii,” advertised the girl as a prostitute on social media.
The cops were able to trace the images of the girl back to Miami’s Runway Inn, where they found the runaway that night.
Rundle said that the girl told police that she had run away from home several weeks prior due to a ‘conflict in her household.’
Quintero [photo], who faces at least a life sentence if convicted on the sex trafficking of a minor charge told police that he thought the girl was 17, but the girl told police that the man who pimped her out knew she was a minor
Quintero later allegedly told the girl that she could make $250 an hour if she performed sexual acts with other men.
According to Quintero’s arrest report, the girl told police that he sold her for sex up to five times a day at hotels, including the Runway Inn and a Days Inn, across the street from Miami International Airport for about three weeks.
She said Quintero told her to get her payment up front, to give it to him immediately so that she wouldn’t get robbed and to ensure that the men wore condoms.
She also said that Quintero handled all the arrangements for prostituting her, including providing the hotel room and transportation, while also taking all the money and controlling her living situation.
She told police that the first person who she was sold to was called ‘Slime’ and that he had paid for sex with Percocet pills.
Police said that they saw a screenshot of a July 19 text that Quintero had kept, in which a ‘Slime’ offered five Percocet pills and $100 to have sex with the 14-year-old runaway.
While she was being prostituted, the girl said that Quintero gave her marijuana, cocaine, MDMA, Percocet and Dextromethorphan.
Police said that Quintero’s Instagram account showed sexual pictures and videos of the girl, including a clip of him touching her breasts.
The videos and pictures appear to have been deleted – only two pictures of Quintero remain on the Instagram page.
After being taken into custody Wednesday, Quintero allegedly told police that he thought the girl was 17.
In Florida, minors ages 16 or 17 can have consensual sex with a partner who is up to 23 years old without it being considered statutory rape.
The girl, however, told police that he knew she was a minor, WSVN reports.
Quintero faces at least a life sentence if convicted on the sex trafficking of a minor charge.
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