Business was slow in Maine, so the pimps brought their prostitutes down to Boston - and that proved their downfall
A Dorchester man was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison this week for transporting three Maine women across state lines to work as prostitutes in Boston.
Unlike in Maine, where he earned money from the work of two of the women, however, Fritz Blanchard, 28, and his fellow pimp never got a chance to see any revenue from the women they tried to have pick up men in downtown Boston, the FBI reports:
Blanchard took two of the women to a downtown street and told them how to attract customers and engage in prostitution. One of the two women, upon learning what was expected of her, feigned illness, separated herself, and contacted the police.
In court documents, prosecutors said that Blanchard and his accomplice had set up business in Maine, using backpage.com to advertise the women's services, but that they decided to try their luck in Boston because business seemed slow in Portland. In Boston, they initially tried to use backpage.com as well, but Blanchard didn't have any luck posting an ad there from his family home in Dorchester.
Blanchard and the other man were convicted last August after a four-day trial in Portland, but was only sentenced this week.
His lawyers argued for leniency in part because he was a troubled youth - his father and stepfather were both drug addicts who were deported back to Haiti and his mother was hospitalized, leaving him in the care of his grandmother, who did nothing to stop him being abused by a family member and a neighbor.
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Told the girls they were going on vacation?
... because business was slow. Then, once in Boston, that it was a working vacation?
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Heh
"Fritz Blanchard" is about the Maine-iest name it's possible to have without actually mentioning lobster.
I think 'Fritz' is
I think 'Fritz' is historically a German name. However, multiple sources report him as being from Boston and I'm willing to bet he's not blonde and blue-eyed.
Short for "Friedrich"
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Multiple sources?
This would suggest he's from Portland ME originally http://www.centralmaine.com/2014/09/23/portland-man-who-helped-pimp-main...
Dorchester origin
I got that from court documents, in particular the sentencing memoranda from both sides, including a reference to the "family home" there.
Also, the story you point to is about the other guy, Gravely, not the Dorchester one.