High school girl, 17, allegedly ran prostitution ring of underage girls

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John Luciew | jluciew@pennlive.com By John Luciew | jluciew@pennlive.com
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on November 25, 2014

Disturbing details are coming out about an alleged high school prostitution ring in Venice, Florida. And in one of the exchanges detailed by the Associated Press, a 21-year-old customer allegedly paid "$40 and a bottle of liquor" to have sex with a 15-year-old girl.

Authorities say that at the center of the high school sex ring was a 17-year-old Sarasota High School student named Alexa Nicole De Armas. The ring allegedly involved students from nearby high schools, as well.

According to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, De Armas wrote this exchange on Facebook exchange to a business partner:

"Why pimp out old hoes when I have fresh young hoes I can give up for money?" De Armas wrote on Facebook. "As long as I'm getting paid I'm trafficking all these (expletive deleted)."

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Background: Officials say the ring was uncovered when four students confided to administrators at Venice High School.

Documents indicate the teen and at least one other student concocted the plan over the summer to prostitute teens for money and alcohol.

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