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Florida Man Charged with Human Trafficking of Indiana Victims

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) _ A Florida man has been charged after police say he took advantage of five people from Indiana, all of whom were either underage or have some type of mental disability.

 

Clearwater police spokesman Rob Shaw says 37-year-old Jeffrey Keowin met the victims in Indiana and allowed them to stay at his home in Florida.

 

Police say Keowin controlled their finances, didn't allow them access to money and wouldn't let them leave. They had limited access to food and weren't allowed to use the phone.

 

A news release says Keowin hit the victims, forced one into prostitution and sexually battered two others.

 

Keowin is being held without bail in Pinellas County.

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