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43-year-old Susan Walendzik was sentenced as part of a deal, where she pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking a person and one count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, and the rest of the charges she was indicted on including promoting prostitution and other counts of trafficking a person were dropped. Walendzik will also have to register as a Tier II sex offender.

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Cameron Rogers was indicted back on July 16th, 2020 for one count of trafficking in cocaine (felony 5), two counts of trafficking in cocaine (felony 4), and one count of possession of cocaine with forfeiture specification. Rogers was arrested back on June 1st of 2020 by the West Central Ohio Crime Task Force. Rogers changed his previous plea of not guilty to all four charges to guilty. A pre-sentence investigation has been ordered. A tentative sentencing date has now been scheduled for June 7th, 2021.

Wednesday night we aired a story that talked about a survivor of human trafficking, and her effort to help others in the same situation. If you haven't heard the story of Jennifer Kempton, she was forced to have sex with men, and the man who forced her into human trafficking made her get a tattoo to let her know who she belonged to.