HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A New York man accused of forcing a 15-year-old girl into prostitution is due in court today.
33-year-old Sharim Singletary faces 12 felony charges for allegedly bringing the teen across state lines and pimping her out for money.
The alleged sex operation was running out of a gated Short Pump apartment complex, The Madison at Spring Creek, near West Broad Street and Pump Road.
According to a search warrant affidavit, Singletary allegedly advertised sexual services on a free online classifieds site. Court documents indicate an undercover officer participating in a vice investigation responded to one of those online ads and that led him to the 15-year-old girl and her alleged captor.
Singletary is behind bars with no bond. If convicted, he could face life in prison.
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