PHILADELPHIA - Four Philadelphians have been charged with the sex trafficking of minors, authorities announced Tuesday.
John Adams, 41, Mercedes Hampton-Devero, 28, Malachai Kendall, 20, and Chukuw Ossai, 31, all of whom are Philadelphia residents, were arrested, and charged in two separate Indictments with sex trafficking of minors.Adams, whose self-professed nickname was "Captain Save-A-Hoe," is accused of trafficking two minors during approximately three weeks from multiple locations in Philadelphia in January 2020.
He did so along with co-defendants Hampton-Devero and Kendall, according to publicly filed court documents.Authorities say the defendants allegedly used their cell phones to post advertisements of the victims on a website.