Gang members indicted in online prostitution ring

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Three dozen Crips street gang members and two motel owners have been indicted for running a prostitution ring that targeted underage girls through social networking sites including MySpace, Craigslist, Twitter and Facebook, prosecutors said yesterday.

The US District Court indictment, unsealed yesterday, alleges that several former rival factions of the gang worked together to recruit new prostitutes by targeting underage girls from broken homes.Writing letters from prison as well