A Massachusetts man was indicted on Wednesday after he allegedly forcibly sex trafficked four women, including one who was a minor when the trafficking began, in an operation spanning seven states, including Maine.
A federal grand jury indicted Daniel Rodriguez, 36, of Cambridge, Mass., on charges of sex trafficking a minor, four counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, and one count of persuading, inducing, enticing, and coercing an individual to travel in interstate commerce to engage in prostitution.
Rodriguez allegedly forced four women, starting when one of them was a minor, into prostitution beginning in 2018 and continuing until January 2026.
In 2017, he allegedly tried and failed to force another woman into sex trafficking. He reportedly used physical violence, stalking, and fraud to force his victims into prostitution.
Rodriguez reportedly trafficked women out of state, in Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Maine.
He was arrested in January after allegedly fleeing police in a high-speed chase in Randolph, Mass., that ended when he crashed his vehicle with one of the victims in the car with him.
For the combined charges, he faces a maximum of life imprisonment and $750,000 in fines.
He is currently in state custody and will be arraigned in federal court in the coming weeks.
