In recent years, the Lake Mills Police Department has been involved in a pair of human trafficking cases. In one instance, a 70-year-old man was involved in a sex ring in Green County involving a 15-year-old girl. In the second case, a middle school youth was exchanging nude photos with a man in Illinois; this is the type of grooming behavior that can lead to sex trafficking.
A Lake Mills woman noted several years ago, a group of high school girls were involved with selling photos of themselves online to a man for quick cash.
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