A Lynn woman guilty of coercing and enticing women across the Northeast into prostitution was sentenced to prison, United States Attorney Leah Foley’s office said.
On Wednesday, Latasha Anderson, 39, was sentenced to 20 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, Foley’s office said in a statement. In March 2025, she pleaded guilty to one count of coercion and enticement.
A federal grand jury indicted her in August 2023, along with her co-conspirators Jermall Anderson and Jennifer Fortier.
Between 2012 and 2016, Fortier and Latasha Anderson, at Jermall Anderson’s direction, threatened and gave or withheld heroin and cocaine to force two different women to prostitute themselves on the co-conspirators’ behalf, Foley’s office said.
“Jermall Anderson’s wide-ranging sex trafficking operation targeted vulnerable victims, specifically those struggling with drug addiction, homelessness and lack of economic resources and coerced them into providing commercial sex for the defendants’ benefit,” Foley’s office said. “Latasha Anderson coerced and enticed these victims to engage in prostitution throughout New England, New York and New Jersey. ”
In March, both Jermall Anderson and Fortier were sentenced to prison. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Fortier was sentenced to almost five years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
