Jennie Norcross

UPDATE: Trial in human trafficking case starts next week

WOODBURY -- A Glassboro man and a Blackwood woman have been charged with committing human trafficking by prostituting a 16-year-old girl whose sexual services were offered on an Internet website, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office.

Levin Orr, 24, of East High Street, Glassboro, and Jennie Norcross, 25, of North Black Horse Pike, Blackwood, were arrested Tuesday following an investigation by the Major Crimes Unit of the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office.

Orr was arrested at his residence. Norcross was taken into custody at a North Broad Street address in Woodbury.

Both suspects are charged with committing human trafficking "by knowingly holding, recruiting, luring, enticing, harboring, transporting or providing by any means (the prostitute) to engage in sexual activity while under the age of 18," according to the prosecutor's office.

Both also are charged with conspiring to commit human trafficking.

Orr and Norcross are each being held in default of $100,000 bail.

The New Jersey Division of Families has taken custody of Norcross' three children.

The New Jersey Attorney General's Office has been notified as required of the human trafficking charges.

"Human trafficking is a terrible crime that destroys lives and threatens the safety of our communities," said Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean F. Dalton. "I appreciate the work of our Major Crimes Unit, partnering with the Westville Police Department, in making these arrests."

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