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Amber Batts, 40, pleaded guilty Friday, March 27, 2015 to second-degree sex trafficking. The state said she was the primary player in a prostitution ring that operated in cities across Alaska.

A married couple entered guilty pleas on Friday in Anchorage Superior Court to sex trafficking charges stemming from an investigation that found they ran a prostitution ring in cities across Alaska.

Amber Batts, 40, pleaded guilty to second-degree sex trafficking. The charge could mean 10 years in prison for Batts due to a prior felony conviction in 2009, when she was sentenced for stabbing a man in the neck with a broken beer bottle, according to records.

Quinn Batts, who appeared for the hearing out of custody dressed in plain clothes, pleaded guilty to third-degree sex trafficking.

Amber Batts has also been charged with violating her parole in the older case, and the court could impose two additional years of jail time that were previously set aside.

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