After a six-month investigation into street-level prostitution and sex trafficking in Alaska, authorities say they arrested a Fairbanks man Tuesday.
The investigation — conducted by the Special Crimes Investigation Unit – found 32-year-old Benjamin Bane, of Fairbanks, ”committed several crimes against an adult female, including sexual assault and sex trafficking,” an online dispatch from Alaska State Troopers says.
“The acts included violence and illegal narcotics use,” troopers wrote, adding other potential victims have been identified.
A $200,000 arrest warrant was issued for Bane. Troopers nabbed him at an unidentified business in Fairbanks for two counts of first-degree sexual assault, one count each of first- and second-degree sex trafficking and three counts of third-degree sex trafficking, troopers wrote. All of the charges are felonies.
Bane was held at the Fairbanks Correctional Center. An investigation is ongoing.
