TERRYTOWN, La. (WGNO) – A Terrytown couple is behind bars, accused of prostituting a 15-year-old and posting nude pictures of the girl to lure in customers.
Col. John Fortunato with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said deputies saw the 15-year-old standing near a motel on the West Bank Expressway in Marrero.
When deputies asked what she was doing, she told them she was meeting someone for sex.
The girl was taken into protective care, and investigators later learned that Nicholas Howard, 27, and his wife Ashley, 32, allegedly had been prostituting her in Marrero and Terrytown.
The couple also is accused of posting nude photos of her on social media sites to advertise for sex.
The couple was booked into the Jefferson Parish Jail on charges of trafficking of a child for sex purposes, possession of pornography involving a juvenile and first-degree rape.