READING, Pa. - A Reading woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after prosecutors said she drugged and sex-trafficked two teenage girls for at least three months in 2017.Investigators said 27-year-old Melissa Madera sold a 15-year-old girl and a 17-year-old girl for sex from August to October of 2017.
A press release by U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said the young victims were forced to comply by being drugged with ecstasy and cocaine.The victims were advertised by Madera on a sex trafficking website and sold for $200 an hour, according to prosecutors.
The meetings happened at several Reading-area hotels including the Quality Inn, Kleins’ Motel and Roadway Inn."Madera advertised these children like objects and plied them.