THE BRONX: A Couple Was Indicted On Pimping Eight Young Women In Foster Care

The Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. says 38-year-old Kareem Mitchell, a.k.a. "Napoleon", and his wife 51-year-old Sharice Mitchell were indicted for running a sex trafficking operation involving at least eight women since 2018.

Court documents say Kareem ran the operation between Nov. 2018 and Feb. 2022.

He is accused of using Instagram and Facebook to recruit women to work for him, then subjected them to verbal and physical abuse to coerce them into his sex trafficking ring.

According to the District Attorney, two of those women were place in Sharice's care as a certified foster parent.

Kareem has been charged with sex trafficking, promoting prostitution, conspiracy and aggravated harassment.

Sharice has been charged with sex trafficking, promoting prostitution and conspiracy.