Investigators say an Idaho man being held in Teton County Jail forced a teenage woman into prostitution.
Jonathan Kelly Massoletti, 31, of Pocatello, is accused of pimping an 18-year-old woman to men in at least three states and planning to do the same with a 19-year-old.
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