A teenager would have been dragged from Centre-du-Québec to New Brunswick before she managed to get rid of her pimps’ claws and have her arrested.
Three men and one woman, Garrentz Célestin, 26, from Trois-Rivières, Jimson Pierre, 25, from Repentigny, Gerald Junior Charles, 25, from Laval and Kimberly Champagne, 25, from Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Rat, were snapped Thursday by the Integrated Pimping Squad.
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Jimson Stone
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Gerald Junior Charles
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Kimberly champagne
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Garrentz Celestin
They then appeared at the Drummondville courthouse on various charges relating to pimping, human trafficking and sexual assault of a minor.
“These are all individuals involved in events involving the same victim. A total of seven people are targeted in this case,” said Camille Savoie, spokeswoman for the Sûreté du Québec (SQ).
In fact, police are still looking for Sébastien Thibault, 39, from Sorel-Tracy, Vicky Bélanger, 35, from Sainte-Thérèse and Benjamin Chavannes, 24, from Laval, against whom serious charges are also being brought.
The crimes allegedly occurred just over a year ago, between March 8 and March 16, 2022, from Drummondville to various New Brunswick cities.
According to our information, the seven people involved are not necessarily part of a single prostitution network.
However, they all took turns trying to exploit in one way or another the young girl under 18 who was recruited by one of them before being trafficked from one city to another.
To briefly describe her involvement, Jimson Pierre is specifically accused of sexually abusing her and facilitating her exploitation.
Thibault, Chavannes, and Junior Charles would have transported the victim to various New Brunswick cities to facilitate his exploitation.
The latter two would also have benefited from the fruits of prostitution.
“Should anyone ever have information about the three people still wanted and the other suspects, please contact us,” said the publicist.
Any information can be provided confidentially to the SQ at 1.800.659-4264.
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Vicky Belanger
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Sebastien Thibault
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Benjamin Chavanne