
Private school founder gets federal prison term for role in human trafficking
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The founder of a now-defunct private school in Charlotte was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday morning in a case that investigators said essentially boiled down to human trafficking. Evelyn Mack will spend the next 18 months behind bars. The government said Mack set up a private school in Charlotte -- the Evelyn Mack Academy -- and used it to promise foreign teens they would play at a prominent school with scholarship offers. Instead, prosecutors said thos

FBI: 30-40 children sex trafficked within metro Detroit during Detroit Auto Show
DETROIT (WXYZ) — The FBI says 30-40 children are trafficking within the greater Detroit area during the North American International Auto Show. The bureau joined Detroit Police Chief James Craig to talk about human trafficking ahead of the auto show opening to the public on Saturday. According to Michael Glennon with the FBI, there is a 280-300 percent increase in sex trafficking workers in the area. Ten percent of them are under the age of 18. Chief Craig said that on Wednes

Serving life sentence, Cyntoia Brown faces divided parole board in clemency bid
Tennessee's governor may soon decide if Cyntoia Brown will serve the rest of her life sentence for killing a man she said solicited her for sex when she was a minor. Brown was 16 years old when she shot and killed Johnny Allen. Brown is now 30, and her case has drawn support from celebrities like Rihanna and LeBron James. For the first time in nearly 14 years behind bars, Brown met with Tennessee's board of parole for three and a half hours on Wednesday, reports CBS News corr