MDH shuts down assisted living homes managed by sex trafficking suspect’s company

Two assisted living facilities managed by a woman charged in an alleged sex trafficking conspiracy will be permanently shut down, the Minnesota Department of Health said Thursday.

Charging documents filed last week reveal multiple “commercial sex houses” in Minneapolis were repurposed as assisted living facilities managed by Homefelt Assisted Living. The company is owned by Andrea Sampson, a former Anoka County assistant attorney who is one of four defendants charged as part of a sex trafficking investigation involving at least 13 victims.

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Sampson faces 26 total felony counts for allegations that she promoted and profited from prostitution.