Six people – including three Fall River residents – are facing federal charges for allegedly operating a sex trafficking ring involving local underaged teens. 

 

 One of the alleged ring leaders was operating the illegal organization from a South Carolina jail where he was being held for attempted murder in 2023. 

 

A federal grand jury indicted on Thursday: Christy Parker, 26, of Fall River; and her boyfriend, Alexander Smalls, 25, of Beaufort County, S.C.; Cory Primo, 42, of Fall River; Avvani Jeffers, 22, of Fall River; Tre’sean Reid, 21, of Beaufort County, S.C.; and Tyreik Reid, 20, of Allendale, S.C. 

 

Tre’sean Reid and Tyreik Reid are the brothers of Smalls, who along with Parker, headed up the alleged trafficking ring. 

 

The six defendants are charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; sex trafficking of a minor; and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. 

 

One of the underage victims was reported to have been forced to have sex with more than 100 men, according to court records. Another of the minor victims was forced to have sex with five to six “johns” a day and earn $5,000 a night, according to court documents. 

 

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