By Erin Banco / ebanco@njadvancemedia.com|A Newark man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for trafficking a 16-year-old girl from New York to New Jersey and forcing her work as a prostitute, authorities said. Glen Bowman, 42, ran a prostitution ring he advertised on Backpage.com with his wife Ernestine Bowman, 33, of Orange, according to Attorney General Christopher Porrino. ”An April 2015 indictment said the pair, along with others, had forced the 16-year-old girl, a runaway from Brooklyn, to engage in prostitution at motels along Route 46 in South Hackensack and Clifton. The investigation that led to charges against the prostitution ring began as an undercover operation by the South Hackensack Police Department. An undercover officer responded to an advertisement that included the photo of a young girl.

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