An eight-count indictment was filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in Newark where a grand jury indicts an alleged member of a statewide prostitution ring on federal murder charges for two killings in Trenton.
According to authorities, Wilmer Chavez-Romero, aka "Charmin," was an alleged member of a criminal organization that traded in prostitution and ran multiple brothels throughout New Jersey, like New Brunswick, Trenton, Orange, Asbury Park, Lakewood and Bridgeton.
According to initial complaint, Chavez-Romero was the "house manager" for the Bridgeton brothel where he was responsible for overseeing the prostitutes who worked there along with collecting money for two unnamed individuals who allegedly ran the brothels. In the new indictment, Chavez-Romero reportedly was also the enforcer for the organization, where he reportedly committed killings, assaults and robberies to attack rival brothel operations, punish disloyal members and silence suspected police informants.
Chavez-Romero is also facing charges of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, two counts of the use of a firearm for violent crime and conspiracy to harbor aliens resulting in death.