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California Men Sentenced to Prison for Human Trafficking in Nevada
In a shocking case of human trafficking, two California men have been sentenced to prison for transporting minor girls from California to Nevada to work as prostitutes.
Andrew West, 27, of Hayward, Calif., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James C. Mahan to eight years in prison and 20 years of supervised release. West pleaded guilty in January to one count of transportation of a minor for prostitution.
According to court records, on May 3, 2013, West and a 16-year-old girl victim and others, traveled in several vehicles from San Jose, Calif., to Las Vegas. The next day, West and the 16-year-old girl, and another male, checked into a motel on the Boulder Highway. West told the girl to make money (by committing sex acts) to pay for the room. The girl walked the Boulder Highway in search of dates, and solicited separate dates with four men who she took back to the motel room. The girl earned a total of $260, part of which was provided to West after each date.
Both West and the girl were arrested on May 4, 2013, when the girl attempted to solicit a date from an undercover Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Officer in the motel parking lot.
The case was investigated by the FBI and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, as part of the Innocence Lost Task Force. The cases are being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Nicholas D. Dickinson and Phillip N. Smith, Jr.
West will also have to register as a sex offender when he is released from prison.
This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Key Facts
- State: Nevada
- Category: Human Trafficking|Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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