Portsmouth Lawyer Michael Mearan Arrested on Human Trafficking Charges
“Former Portsmouth, Ohio, city council member and attorney Michael Mearan was arrested today on human trafficking, racketeering and related charges,” reports staff in Cincinnati.com The Enquirer.
“Mearan, 74, is charged with nine counts of promoting prostitution, five counts of compelling prostitution, three counts of trafficking in person and one count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activities.”
“All the charges are felonies … Mearan faces more than 70 years in prison if convicted.”