A 29-year-old Whitman man was indicted on two counts of trafficking of persons for sexual servitude.

BROCKTON — A Plymouth County grand jury has indicted a Whitman man on charges he forced women into prostitution out of his home and beat them if they did not meet a daily minimum number of clients or income of $500.

Jean Jeffry Vilno, 29, was indicted on two counts of trafficking of persons for sexual servitude.

His arraignment on the charges hadn't been scheduled as of Thursday afternoon, according to the clerk's office at Brockton Superior Court.

Vilno is accused of forcing women to exchange sexual services for money out of his home at 21 Central St. in Whitman, between September 2018 and January 2019.

Police first responded to the home on Sept. 10 after receiving a report of two men walking around the exterior of the house holding guns. It led to the arrest of three men and one woman on various gun charges, including illegally possessing a rifle. One of the men told police the incident was over "weed and p----," according to court documents.

The next month, Whitman police Detective Peter Aiken received two anonymous tips about possible prostitution occurring in Whitman, specifically on Central Street. Police say the investigation led officials back to 21 Central St., the home of Vilno.

Through an investigation that included surveillance and motor vehicle stops on various dates in November and December, a woman was identified as a victim of possible sex trafficking occurring out of the home. She agreed to speak to police, later telling them "she was being forced to exchange sexual services for money," Aiken wrote in a police report.

The victim told police that Vilno had purchased an LG cellphone and "assigned" it to her, leaving it in her possession for the purpose of contacting customers who wanted to exchange money for sex, Aiken wrote.

Vilno also set up a profile on the website ADList24 for the woman, giving her the name "KitKat," which allowed potential customers to contact the woman directly to arrange sexual conduct for a fee, he wrote.

The woman told investigators that the encounters were referred to as "in calls," which would require the customer to go to 21 Central St., or "out calls," in which Vilno would drive the woman to various locations, Aiken wrote.

In the cases of an "out call," police say Vilno would charge at least another $100 to cover the time and cost of transportation, done through the mobile Cash App. These meet-ups occurred locally in Brockton, Hanover and Randolph, but as far away as the Bronx and Queens, New York and Providence, Rhode Island, court documents state.

"(The) victim also stated that, over time, Mr. Vilno started to physically assault and harm her (punching/pushing) if she did not meet the daily minimum number of clients and or income of $500," Aiken wrote in his report.

In many cases, Vilno would stay in a room near where the sexual encounter was taking place or later watch a video of it after setting up the same LG cellphone in the room beforehand, Aiken wrote.

Police were granted a search warrant for the woman's cellphone, which revealed more than 23,000 text messages, 627 multimedia messages, 18,000 image files, 755 videos and 233 audio files, Aiken wrote. The text messages were graphic in nature, many of them revealing customers asking for sexual acts in exchange for various amounts of money – from $100 to $250.

"(The) victim told Detective Aiken that Mr. Vilno forced more than one female to commit sexual conduct for a fee over the previous months and the females had to give the money that was earned by the completed sexual conduct and paid for by the customers to Mr. Vilno," he wrote.

The woman also told police she was drugged at times and raped, which police say they found evidence of through phone messages.

"(The) victim repeatedly told Detective Aiken that, on a regular basis, Mr. Vilno threatened her with violence, physically injured her (punching, slapping) and he would 'drug her until she was unconscious,'" Aiken wrote in his report. "(The) victim went on to further explain that on numerous occasions over the previous months, Mr. Vilno and other men would 'have sex with her' while she was unconscious. Detectives did locate a SMS text thread ... to and from the LG cellphone that discusses being drugged and forced into prostitution."

Vilno was arrested in February and held on $50,000 bail after pleading not guilty in Brockton District Court.

The indictment moves the case to Plymouth County Superior Court in Brockton, where Vilno would face a longer sentence if convicted.

His superior court arraignment is expected to be scheduled by next week.