A 35-year-old St. Cloud man is facing a slate of felony sex-trafficking and prostitution-related charges after investigators say he spent nearly a year promoting and cashing in on a woman's prostitution, with payments funneled to him through popular money-transfer apps.
According to the criminal complaint, the woman told authorities she turned over her earnings to the suspect and routinely had buyers send money directly to him. Investigators say parts of the operation were coordinated by phone and through electronic payment platforms.
WJON reports that the complaint names 35-year-old Trinnis Campbell and alleges he "actively promoted, facilitated, monitored, directed, and profited from the woman's prostitution." Investigators say they uncovered more than 6,500 messages exchanged between Campbell and the woman from January through December 2025, along with repeated transfers through CashApp, Apple Cash and Venmo that were sent to him after encounters. WJON also notes that Campbell's next court appearance is scheduled for July 14, 2026.
The Stearns County Jail Roster shows Campbell was booked on June 8 and remains in custody. Officials note on the site that a booking is not a conviction, and that charges must be proven as the case moves through the court system.
Task force probe and recent funding
Court filings state that an investigator with the Central Minnesota Human Trafficking Task Force met with the woman in December 2025 and helped pull together digital evidence in the case. The task force, which includes officers from the St. Cloud Police Department, the Stearns County Sheriff's Office and Sartell police, described a targeted enforcement detail earlier this year in a press release from the Central Minnesota Human Trafficking Task Force.
In a related move on the broader fight against trafficking, the Stearns County Attorney's Office recently secured a $955,000 state grant to bolster trafficking investigations and victim services, KNSI reported.
Charges and legal stakes
The criminal complaint lists several felony counts, including soliciting a person to practice prostitution, promoting the prostitution of a person, receiving profits from prostitution and engaging in the sex trafficking of a person, according to WJON. Those offenses fall under Minnesota's solicitation, promotion and sex-trafficking statute, Minn. Stat. 609.322, which treats the conduct as serious felonies and lays out mandatory sentencing guidance for aggravated cases.
Defense attorneys generally emphasize that allegations in a criminal complaint are not findings of guilt. Under the law, a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until the state proves the charges beyond a reasonable doubt in court.
Investigators say the case remains active and urge anyone with information to contact local law enforcement or the regional human-trafficking task force. Campbell is scheduled to appear in Stearns County District Court on July 14, 2026, and the case is expected to proceed through standard pretrial hearings.
