A Calumet City woman is accused of arranging for a 13-year-old girl to engage in commercial sex acts, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago.
Jamari Hodge, 26, is charged with one count of producing child pornography and was arrested Wednesday, according to the office.
In a criminal complaint filed Tuesday, it’s alleged that Hodge solicited for customers for the girl online and was found to have a notebook containing customer contact information and prices charged for various sex acts.
An FBI affidavit that was part of the complaint said the girl was reported missing by her mother Nov. 9, and that Nov. 25 Lansing police received information the girl was at a hotel there.
According to the affidavit, the 13-year-old contacted her sister, telling her she was at the hotel and that she wanted to leave.
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The girl was interviewed Nov. 26, telling authorities that she had been taken by Hodge to various hotels in Illinois to engage in sex acts, according to the affidavit.
Hodge is alleged to have taken sexually explicit photos of the girl, some in which she wore lingerie, with the photos being used in online ads offering sex, according to the complaint. Hodge set prices and had customers pay in cash or electronic transfers afterward, according to the complaint.
Along with Lansing, police in Calumet City and Richton Park were credited in providing assistance to federal investigators, according to the U.S. attorney.
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