Western Pa. child-Sex trafficking suspect, ex-fugitive, to plead guilty

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A western Pennsylvania man who fled to Mississippi after he was indicted last year on child sex trafficking charges is scheduled to plead guilty today.

The FBI and federal marshals caught up to 34-year-old Mario Grisom, of Homestead, on July 7. They found him in Columbus, Miss.

Grisom was arrested in Pittsburgh in May when local authorities busted an online prostitution operation that was using hotels in the suburbs of West Homestead and Monroeville.

Federal investigators took over the case and charged Grisom with trafficking in a runaway girl and promoting sex by another minor in 2012.

Grisom was jailed in Mississippi until he was returned to Pittsburgh, where he remains in custody.

Grisom is expected to enter his guilty plea before a federal judge in Pittsburgh.