Federal jury convicts two Phila. men of sex trafficking

A federal jury on Friday convicted two city men in connection with a brothel they ran in the Cathedral Park section of West Philadelphia.

Kevino Graham, 34, and Raffael Robinson, 30, were found guilty of sex trafficking, and will be sentenced on May 26 by U.S. District Court Judge C. Darnell Jones. Between May 2009 and August 2013, the two ran a striptease club and brothel they called "Passionate Touch." At times they used force and threats to turn young women into prostitutes, officials said.

Two codefendants, Brian Wright and Renato Teixera, have pleaded guilty in the case and are awaiting sentencing. - Staff report