Fall River cop Mitchell Walsh was arrested in Boston for allegedly attempting to pay for sex with a 15-year-old child and giving them drugs and alcohol.
Senator Mark Montigny of New Bedford is pushing legislation to require hotel and motel workers in Massachusetts to undergo human trafficking awareness training.
Troy Footman of Dorchester was sentenced to serve 60 to 80 years in state prison for trafficking and prostituting underaged girls out of Seekonk motels.
A Fall River woman who took part in multiple rapes of a juvenile female and assisted in prostituting the girl for drugs and money was sentenced to state prison.