Highway to hell: Woman ‘grabbed off New York street and forced into prostitution at pit stops across America’ is rescued by police

Tara L Pinnock 

Jean Joseph 

A New York woman allegedly kidnapped and forced into prostitution in cities across America has finally been freed by police in Utah.

The unidentified 23-year-old was allegedly grabbed in Manhattan by Jean Joseph and Tara L. Pinnock, who took her on a nightmare road trip across the United States.

The victim was knocked almost unconscious by Joseph as she stood on a Manhattan street near the busy midtown Port Authority Bus Station, police said.

He dragged her into his car and then drove out of state stopping at Chicago, Grand Junction, Colorado, Denver and finally Salt Lake City.

At each stop, she was forced into prostitution and Joseph twice sexually assaulted her in Chicago, according to police.

Pinnock placed prostitution ads for the victim and arranged the sex between clients and the victim over the phone, police said.

After several attempts, the woman finally made her escape after several weeks when she rang the emergency services from a Salt Lake City hotel car park in the area of 110 West Street and 600 South on Sunday.

When officers responded, they found the woman hiding behind a post. She was taken to a local hospital where doctors found evidence of old injuries, Salt Lake City Police Sergeant Robin Heiden said.

Police arrested Joseph and Pinnock. Joseph, 26, was charged with four felony counts of human trafficking, kidnapping/abduction, aggravated assault and rape.

Leviticus 19:29

Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

Exodus 21:16

And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.