Tallahassee woman facing charges of trafficking teen girl
Karl EttersA Tallahassee woman is facing accusations she knowingly allowed and participated in the sex trafficking of a teenage girl.
Alesha Mcbride, 33, was arrested on a warrant Tuesday on charges of commercial human trafficking of a juvenile, deriving support from the prostitution of a child and child neglect.
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Tallahassee Police Department investigators say McBride on multiple occasions drove the girl, 14, to hotels with the knowledge that she would be having sex for money and then took part of the profits. At times McBride would wait in the car for the girl to return or would pick her up at hotels at 2 or 3 a.m.
"When asked how probable the money the girl had came from having sex with people, “McBride answered 99 percent,” police wrote in their report.
The possibility that McBride was trafficking the girl was first investigated by the Florida Department of Children and Families in October. Two reports generated from conversations with the girl prompted investigators to get search warrants for social media and messaging programs.
They found evidence that the girl was engaging in sex for money and had discussed it with McBride in messages. The two had also discussed and engaged in drug use together, according to TPD.
McBride is being held in the Leon County Detention Facility on a $150,000 bond.
Contact Karl Etters at ketters@tallahassee.com or @KarlEtters on Twitter