Two individuals previously charged with sex trafficking pleaded guilty to a felony human trafficking and will serve prison time, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Tuesday.
52 year old Robert Grigsby of Wayland and 40 year old Vanessa Anne Phillips of Grand Rapids were charged with conducting a criminal enterprise comprised of prostitution and sex trafficking of numerous women in Grigsby's home in Wayland, and other locations throughout the greater Grand Rapids area.
Both pleaded guilty to one count of human trafficking, forced labor resulting in commercial sexual activity.
Grigsby was sentenced Monday in Allegan County Circuit Court. Judge Margaret Bakker imposed the maximum term when sentencing him to prison for 57 months to 15 years.
Phillips will be sentenced March 28.
Wayland Police began the investigation into a human trafficking operation being conducted out of a Wayland residence in October 2018.
