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Child Sex Trafficking Suspect Surrenders
Keosha Renee Jones of St. Petersburg turned herself in Friday.
A woman wanted as part of a child sex trafficking investigation turned herself into St. Petersburg Police on Friday morning, officials said.
Keosha Renee Jones, 21, was wanted in connection with the commercial sex trafficking of two 14-year-old girls, FBI investigators said.
Jones allegedly posted nude photos of the girls, who were runaways, and had them perform sex acts with at Pinellas County motels. She then kept the money, authorities said.
The FBI had a warrant out for her arrest and said she may have fled from her St. Petersburg home to avoid arrest, authorities say.
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But she turned herself in to a St. Petersburg Police officer and members of the FBI Pinellas Office's Child Exploitation Task Force around 9 a.m. Friday.
She was expected to appear for an initial hearing sometime Friday at a Tampa federal courthouse.
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Anyone with information about the investigation is asked to contact the FBI at 866-838-1153.
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