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Man gets 10-year sentence for sex trafficking a girl from Arizona in L.A. – LA Daily News

LOS ANGELES — A man was sentenced to 10 years behind bars for forcibly bringing a teenage girl from Arizona to Los Angeles to work as a prostitute, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.

Jahque Dijion Williams, 21, of Los Angeles, was sentenced July 14 in federal court in Phoenix. He had previously pleaded guilty to a federal charge of of a minor.

On July 23, 2020, the Human Trafficking Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department found the then-17-year-old girl, who appeared to have been physically assaulted, at a Los Angeles hospital.

The victim indicated that she first met Williams four days earlier through her account and he invited her to a party in Phoenix, prosecutors said. At the party, she realized it was a “recruiting party” for commercial sex workers, she told investigators.

Williams then brought the teenager and another adult female to Los Angeles, where he told the girl she would work for him, telling her how much money she would bring back each night, according to federal prosecutors.

On the trip to Los Angeles, Williams prevented the minor from leaving the car by activating the child lock on his vehicle, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Phoenix.

 

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EYES ON TRAFFICKING

This “Eyes on Trafficking” story is reprinted from its original online location.

ABOUT PBJ LEARNING

PBJ Learning is a leading provider of online human trafficking training, focusing on awareness and prevention education. Their interactive Human Trafficking Essentials online course is used worldwide to educate professionals and individuals how to recognize human trafficking and how to respond to potential victims. Learn on any web browser (even your mobile phone) at any time.

More stories like this can be found in your PBJ Learning Knowledge Vault.