OKLAHOMA CITY (Free Press) — Roderick Glenn Houston, Jr., 37, of Oklahoma Metropolis has been sentenced to 335 months – over 27 years – in federal jail for little one intercourse trafficking based on Performing U.S. Legal professional Robert J. Troester.
After serving time in jail, Houston might be underneath supervised launch for the following 20 years and must register as a intercourse offender.
Houston pleaded responsible to little one intercourse trafficking October 8, 2023.
Along with the time to serve, Senior U.S. District Decide Stephen P. Friot ordered Houston to pay $25,100 in restitution and assessments.
“In arriving at his sentence, Decide Friot took into consideration the information that Houston gave his sufferer medicine, gave her false identification paperwork, bodily assaulted her, produced little one pornography depicting her, and engaged in prohibited sexual conduct along with her,” the information launch stated.
In line with public data and Houston’s admissions as part of his responsible plea Houston was the pimp of a minor lady between April 2015 and March 9, 2016. He marketed the minor on the web as an escort, offered her to males for industrial intercourse and saved the proceeds despite the fact that he knew she was a minor. He bought her sexual companies to males in Oklahoma, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas.
The investigation that led to Houston’s arrest and conviction was carried out by the Federal Bureau of Investigation – Oklahoma Metropolis Subject Workplace, the Oklahoma Metropolis Police Division, and the Los Angeles (California) Police Division.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brandon Hale and McKenzie Anderson prosecuted the case.
Houston’s case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative by the Division of Justice (DOJ) to fight little one sexual exploitation and abuse.
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Final Up to date Might 25, 2023, 12:40 PM by Brett Dickerson – Editor
