The indictment charges Kenneth Ronald Robinson, 52, of Baltimore, Eric Evans, 38, of Baltimore; Jeffrey Clark, 43, of Nottingham; Craig Judy, 29, of Baltimore; and Cheralyn Crawford, 25, of Baltimore.
An original indictment against Robinson, Clark, Judy and Crawford was returned on Oct. 1, while this superseding indictment, adding Evans as a defendant, was returned on Jan. 28, officials said.
The two-count indictment alleges that from May 12 through June 17, 2013, the defendants recruited and transported a girl, born in 1999, to engage in commercial sex acts. The defendants instructed the victim on pricing for the different sexual activities. The defendants are also alleged to have taken photographs of the minor victim in sexually explicit poses and posted those photos in advertisements on a website to advertise her prostitution services.
The defendants took the 14-year-old girl to motels in the Towson, Maryland area, where she was directed to meet with commercial sex customers to engage in prostitution, according to the indictment.
Evans was scheduled for an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Baltimore Monday afternoon. The remaining defendants had their initial appearances in October 2013. Robinson, Clark and Judy are detained and Crawford is released under the supervision of U.S. Pretrial Services.
The defendants face a maximum sentence of life in prison.
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