Indicted Lutz Man Is Pimp, Drug Pusher, Authorities Say

It appears prosecutors have enough of a criminal case against a 61-year-old Lutz man to move forward with charges. 

Andrew Fields was indicted Thursday, April 18 on drug conspiracy and sex trafficking charges. Arrested last month, Fields is accused of pimping out female prostitutes using the website Backpage.com and selling prescription pills including Oxycodone, according to ABC Action News.

Authorities say Fields, of 1920 E. 151st Ave., since 2008 “coerced and controlled” women — some of them underage — by supplying them with prescription pills and making them pay off the debt through prostitution, WTSP.com reported.

ABC Action News said authorities on one occasion were posing as johns when Fields drove a 17-year-old prostitute to the would-be job.

Neighbors of the mobile home park where Fields was living told the TV station that life is much quieter since the arrest of Fields. Some also spoke up for Fields, whom they say may have been set up by the ladies.

Homeland Security officials worked with the Clearwater Area Human Trafficking Task Force to bust Fields, who could see life in prison if convicted and given the maximum penalty, it was reported.

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