SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A federal grand jury indicted three people on sex trafficking charges in two separate cases in Sioux Falls.
Michael Lee Dickey, 35, is accused of injecting a woman with drugs and forcing her into prostitution. The indictment filed Monday charges Dickey with sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion and alleges that the victim had been trafficked for more than a year in Sioux Falls, according to the Argus Leader (http://argusne.ws/1NcjyM0 ).
Police say that on the night of July 13, Dickey and the victim were in a fight in which the woman was punched and kicked in the head several times. She told officers that Dickey had forced her to have sex with other men more than 100 times during a period of several months.
Dickey's attorney, Eric DeNure, didn't immediately respond to a phone message seeking comment.
The case against Dickey had been moved from state court. He is being held in jail on $100,000 cash bond.
In a separate case, a federal grand jury indicted Jerrid Lee Morris, 25, and Duwanda Annette Smiley, 32, on charges of sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion.
They were arrested after detectives with the Sioux Falls street crimes unit placed an online sex-for-money ad in August.
Morris and Smiley are accused of trafficking three women, two of whom are 18. Prosecutors allege that Morris began a relationship with the victims when they were juveniles and had a sexual relationship with at least one of them. One of the victims told police that she feared for her life if she did not go through with the sex acts.
Smiley is being held in jail on $100,000 bond. Morris is being held on $250,000 cash bond.
Judith Zeigler, the attorney representing Morris and Smiley, also didn't respond to a call seeking comment.
Published: Fri, Sep 04, 2015
