Two South Jersey men are facing the possibility of decades in prison after a jury determined they ran an organized sex trafficking ring stretching into Pennsylvania, coercing and forcing six young women into sex work and collecting the profits.

Barry “Bear” Schiff, 52, of Galloway, and Kenneth J. Crowell, 35, of Blackwood, were convicted on a total of 33 counts including running an organized criminal organization and trafficking in individuals, according to a release Friday from Pennsylvania State Police.

During the eight-day trial in Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, jurors heard testimony from the victims who were trafficked to hotels between 2014 and 2017, police said.

The State Police Special Investigations Unit in Philadelphia launched their investigation into suspected trafficking in April of 2017, when state troopers started responding to advertisements for sex on Backpage and meeting the women at hotels. The ring operated in South Jersey and in York, Lancaster, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties in Pennsylvania, according to officials.

Several of the women, after learning the men were state troopers, said they wanted to get out of their sexual servitude to Schiff and Crowell, police said.

One told police Schiff threatened to "chop her up into little pieces and throw her in the river" when she said she didn't want to work for him anymore, authorities said.

Another said she started working for the men to feed her heroin addiction, and Crowell tried to strangle her several times. Another said Schiff slammed her head into a bucket of dirty water and broken glass when she refused to have sex with him, police said.

Back in 2016, Schiff had been arrested after a New Jersey woman told police he forced her into prostitution in York County, Pennsylvania to pay off her debt after he bailed her out of jail, authorities said.

The men were convicted on charges including running a corrupt organization, trafficking in individuals, involuntary servitude, promoting prostitution, and conspiracy to run a corrupt organization, traffick individuals and force them into involuntary servitude.

Schiff was also found guilty of manufacturing, distributing or possession with intent to distribute drugs, police said.

Their sentencing date has not been scheduled.

State Police thanked victims advocate groups Hope Inspire Love, Inc. and North Star Initiative for supporting the victims who testified during the trial. It was prosecuted by Senior Deputy Attorney General Heather Castellino with assistance from Administrative Assistant Cassandra Gillies, police said.

Anyone who is a victim of human trafficking or suspects someone is being held against their will can call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-3737-888 or text BE FREE (233733).

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