A veteran New York police officer has been charged with pimping out two underage girls into prostitution. Detective Wayne Taylor was arrested alongside his girlfriend after a girl aged just 13 said they were making her have sex with men.
They were then arrested as the allegedly drove another underage girl to a hotel for a strip party and sex with several men, police said.
"This case is every parent and every child's worst nightmare made even more frightening by the fact that one of the defendants is a police officer who swore to uphold the law and protect the community he serves," Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said.
The 13-year-old girl who first went to police had been a runaway when she met a madam named 'Drama' who started her dancing for money, according to the charges.
Drama took the girl to a madam named "Mommy Z" who allegedly "bought" the teen for $500. Officers say Mommy Z is Taylor's girlfriend, Zelika Brown, 28.
Taylor, 35, a cop since 1994, and Brown, began bringing her to strip and bachelor parties, and the officer told her to say she was 19 if anyone asked, the DA said.
Prices at the sordid soirees ran from $40 for oral sex to $80 for intercourse. Brown, who has a tattoo on her back that reads "Wayne", allegedly told police she was running the prostitution business and Taylor would "watch out" for her while her girls were working.
Taylor told cops that Brown just ran an "exotic dance" business. The alleged madam at least once chastised the 13-year-old for not earning enough money and slammed her head into the floor, prosecutors said.
Taylor allegedly told the victim that if she failed to earn more money or tried to leave his home he would force her to work on the streets. It was only after the pair allegedly sold the teen to another pimp that she ran away and eventually spoke to police. She described Taylor's van, in which she'd been driven from party to party, and when cops spotted it they made the arrest.
Sources said Taylorhad long been a target of Internal Affairs which was probing allegations he was involved in drug activity.
His girlfriend was also already under investigation - by the FBI for "human trafficking," law-enforcement sources said. Taylor and Brown are charged with promoting prostitution, endangering the welfare of a child, kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment. They were held last night in lieu of $250,000 bail each. Lawyers for both denied the charges.
By Lee Brown, Jan 31 2008 © Copyright 2008 - Showbiz Spy
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