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Police: Human trafficking victim outsmarts suspect, leading to his arrest Suspect’s bond set at $3 million BY KATHRYN PENTIUK kpentiuk@candgnews.com
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Southfield Police Chief Elvin Barren, second from left, poses with the festive Southfield Police Department at last year’s Holiday Sleigh of Giving event.
Southfield Police Department to host Holiday Sleigh of Giving BY KATHRYN PENTIUK
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SOUTHFIELD — The Southfield Police Department is kicking off the holiday season with the Holiday Sleigh of Giving to spread cheer to families in need in the community. The festive event will be held from 11 a.m. to
1 p.m. on Dec. 14 in front of the Southfield Public Library, 26300 Evergreen Road. “The Southfield Police Department is spreading holiday cheer with our 5th Annual Holiday Sleigh of Giving event,” Southfield police Chief Elvin Barren said in an email. “We recognize the importance of ensuring that See GIVING on page 12A
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SOUTHFIELD — “I was tricked into a sex trafficking situation.” That was part of a 911 call that the Southfield Police Department said it received at 11:58 p.m. Nov. 21 from a 32-year-old woman. During the phone call, the woman told the dispatcher that Prenentice Orr, 41, from Wyoming, Michigan, was a gang member and that she feared for her life. Police say the woman, who is homeless and from Georgia, was being held captive in room 232 at Sonesta Suites in Southfield and was allegedly forced to perform sex acts for money by Orr. According to police, Orr’s 4-year-old son was found in an adjacent hotel room. Orr and the woman reportedly met just two weeks Orr prior after being introduced through a mutual friend. Southfield Police Chief Elvin Barren believes that the mutual friend may have tricked the woman into being trafficked. Barren added that there was a second victim whose duties included tending to Orr’s young child. However, she has not been as cooperative in the investigation, likely out of fear, according to Barren. Barren said that in the span of two weeks, Orr had trafficked the victim in Georgia, Grand Rapids and other Michigan cities before his arrest in Southfield.