A Missoula man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for paying minor girls to have sex with him.
Cody Alan Harrington, 29, pleaded guilty in July to two counts of sex trafficking of children.
U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich announced the sentencing on , which will be followed by 10 years of supervised release.
According to court documents, Harrington consistently targeted 14- and 15-year-old minors to engage in illegal sexual activity over a period of seven years prior to his arrest.
In November 2022, two women, identified as Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2, contacted the Missoula Police Department to report that when they were under the age of 18, Harrington had paid each of them to engage in sexual intercourse with him on multiple occasions.
Jane Doe 1 reported that she had met Harrington over Snapchat in the summer of 2019, when she was 14 and Harrington was 25, and that Harrington offered to pay her to have sex with him. She engaged in commercial sex with Harrington for the first time in August 2019 in Missoula County, after which Harrington paid her $300.
Harrington paid her on at least two other occasions in 2019 to have sex with him. Harrington also interacted with Jane Doe 2, while interacting with Jane Doe 1, and knew Jane Doe 2 was a minor because she told him her age.
Jane Doe 2 reported that she engaged in commercial sex with Harrington for the first time in August 2020, when she was 15, and that he paid her $400. She further reported Harrington paid her to engage in sex with him on multiple occasions from when she was 15 to 17, all in Missoula County.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian C. Lowney, and the investigation was conducted by the Missoula County Sheriff’s Office, Missoula Police Department, and FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
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Key Facts
- State: Montana
- Category: Sex Crimes|Human Trafficking|Public Corruption
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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