A 24-year-old Virginia Beach man has been sentenced to 188 months in prison for his role in a sex trafficking ring that targeted a minor girl. Keiawn Demarco McDonald, a member of a Virginia Beach-based set of the Bloods street gang, pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of a child on August 10.
According to court documents, in the fall of 2015, McDonald recruited the minor girl to engage in prostitution at various hotels in Norfolk, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach. He photographed the victim, posted online advertisements for her commercial sex services, and arranged prostitution appointments for her. McDonald also instructed the victim on how to conduct appointments with customers and monitored her activities by text message.
McDonald coerced the victim to recruit another teenage girl to prostitute for him and required both girls to provide him with all the money they earned from their prostitution activities. This is the seventh and final member of the sex trafficking ring to be sentenced, with a total of 92 years in prison handed down to the defendants.
The other defendants, including Cordario Marcell Uzzle, Darryl Trashaun Threat, Tajaika R. Blackston, Keith Deontai Threat, Shade Audrey Castro, and Gary Anthony Hassell, were sentenced to varying lengths of time, ranging from 96 to 292 months in prison.
The case was investigated by the FBI’s Norfolk Field Office and the Virginia Beach Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney V. Kathleen Dougherty prosecuted the case.
The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente and other law enforcement officials. A copy of the press release can be found on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.
The case was prosecuted under the Northern District of Virginia’s Human Trafficking Task Force, which is dedicated to combating human trafficking and supporting victims of the crime.
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Key Facts
- State: Virginia
- Category: Sex Crimes|Human Trafficking|Organized Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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