A prostitution/human trafficking case out of Madison Heights has advanced to Oakland County Circuit Court for possible trial.
Maya Scott Perry, 34, is charged with prostitution-transporting a person, prostitution-accepting earnings, human trafficking enterprise resulting in injury-commercial sexual activity, capturing or distributing an image of an unclothed person, and false report of a felony — all felonies — and fourth-degree child abuse, a misdemeanor. The case against her was bound over to the higher court following a preliminary exam in 44th District Court.
Maya Scott Perry booking photo
At least one adult female victim was allegedly trafficked by Perry throughout the metro Detroit area including Madison Heights, Royal Oak, Southfield and Warren, according to a news release from Madison Heights Police Lt. Scott Holdreith, issued soon after her arrest.
As stated in the news release, evidence from the investigation — launched last June by the Madison Heights Police Department — shows Perry often engaged in criminal behavior while her minor child was present, though detectives have confirmed the child wasn’t involved or physically harmed. The child is now in the care of a custodial parent.
Perry, held in the Oakland County Jail, is scheduled to be arraigned on Nov. 2 before Judge Patrick O’Brien. Her jail file shows she also has a case pending in Novi’s 52-1 District Court for a charge of defrauding an innkeeper, and holds for a child abuse charge in Wayne County as well as traffic violations in Wayne and Macomb counties.
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