Human Trafficker Sentenced to Prison

A Norfolk Superior Court jury sentenced Randolph native Ryan Duntin, 33, to seven to 10 years in prison he was found convicted of human trafficking and deriving support from prostitution in Braintree and several other communities in Massachusetts.

The jury found him guilty on two counts of trafficking in persons for sexual servitude and two counts of deriving support from prostitution on Dec. 23 following a five-day trial. He had previously been indicted on those charges by a state-wide grand jury in October 2013.

“This defendant recruited a woman into prostitution for his own personal profit and will now serve time in state prison for these egregious crimes,” State Attorney General Maura Healey said in a statement. “Our office will continue to work with law enforcement and local authorities to end the sexual exploitation of others and aggressively investigate and prosecute those who engage in human trafficking.”

Healey’s office started investigating Duntin in July 2013 after the Tewksbury Police Department brought the case her office. Prosecutors argued that Duntin had recruited a woman into prostitution and forced her to provide sexual services for a fee in hotels in several Massachusetts communities, including Braintree and Tewksbury.

They also said Duntin also posted advertisements offering sexual services on websites known to advertise prostitution to acquire clients for the woman.

He would then transport her to the hotels and keep track of the money she earned, ultimately collecting the proceeds. Police say Duntin would frequently use violence or threats of violence to force the girl to do what he was asking.