Authorities in Miami-Dade have arrested five suspects for human trafficking in the past week and have rescued a teen girl and a young mother with an infant child.
The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office announced the arrests Thursday. Officials said the victims are mostly local and include some runaways.
In one case, a man and woman turned a 16-year-old girl from Vero Beach who they met on Miami Beach into a prostitute, authorities said.
The pair, 20-year-old Jakeara Peak and 33-year-old Alexander Brown, are facing numerous charges including human trafficking, lewd and lascivious battery on a child and interference with custody.
Peak and Brown were being held without bond Thursday, Miami-Dade jail records showed. Attorney information wasn't available.
In another case, a man was arrested for beating a woman who refused to prostitute herself, authorities said. Another man was arrested for advertising a woman on the internet.
Officials said officers from City of Miami, Miami Beach and Miami-Dade police departments collaborated on the arrests.