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And now Preston and Steve's News Update with Kathy Romano.

And it is Friday, June 18th.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news this morning.

Half a dozen people from Philadelphia are stuck in the Dominican Republic as criminal investigation into child trafficking unfolds.

Three of the people are juveniles and part of a dance troupe, Dollar Boys.

Tyree Dumas is the CEO of the West

Philadelphia Company. He is also awaiting trial in Philadelphia for child molestation charges.

In an exclusive interview, Dumas told Action News he traveled to the Dominican Republic last

month. Four members of the Dollar Boys Group ages 12, 14, 15, and 18 also went down to the Dominican,

as did videographer Anthony Williams.

The Dollar Boy CEO says they were there to shoot a rap video and a reality show for the group's

band, which claims on its website to be the hottest and most popular dance group in Philadelphia.

Dumas and Williams both claim they're innocent.

Their parents were already aware, Dumas said. They gave permission for their kids to be a part of the production and none of their kids were harmed in any type of form or fashion. I didn't know what was going on or anything. They didn't read us our right, said William. Both men are jailed. William said jail conditions are horrendous. No beds, no toilets that flush. It's just a sewer hole in the wall, he said.

You only get food if your family brings you food, and I have no family here, so I'm barely eating.

All right.

I'm a little confused by this.

All right.

So these people are charged with, and they said they didn't do it, with harming the people they went down there with?

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