Authorities have nabbed an Anchorage man in connection with a years-long prostitution ring after he fled Alaska to Nevada.
Mark Daniel Alexander, 31, faces extradition to Alaska on charges of sex-trafficking and fourth-degree controlled substance misconduct — all felonies, according to an online dispatch from Alaska State Troopers and court records.
Investigators with AST’s Special Crimes Investigation Unit found Alexander “was responsible for a prostitution enterprise that spanned many years,” the dispatch says.
He is accused of recruiting women from the Lower 48 and “facilitated prostitution activities in Alaska and several states in the Lower 48,” troopers wrote. Authorities also found a commercial marijuana grow-op in his home.
Alexander fled to the Las Vegas, Nevada, area. Alaska troopers say the Henderson Police Department was integral in arresting the 31-year-old.
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