Dalonte Foard, Sex Trafficking, Nebraska 2020

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Omaha Man Sentenced to 45 Years for Sex Trafficking a Minor

A federal judge in Omaha, Nebraska, has sentenced 25-year-old Dalonte Foard to 45 years in prison for his role in the sex trafficking of a 16-year-old foster child. Foard was found guilty in January after a four-day jury trial.

According to court documents, Foard picked up the two girls, aged 16 and 17, from their foster home in September 2020 and drove them to a hotel where co-defendant Thomas Holbert posted online advertisements promoting the minors for commercial sex acts.

The evidence at trial showed that Foard sexually assaulted one of the minors to “break her in” and then posted a new online commercial sex advertisement for her. A man responding to Foard’s ad came to the hotel and Foard waited on the stairs in the hallway while the man paid $60 to engage in a sex act with the victim. After the man left, Foard took $50 of the $60 paid to the victim.

U.S. Attorney Steven Russell praised the efforts of law enforcement agencies involved in the case, including Homeland Security Investigations, the Omaha Police Department, and the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office. “Swift prosecution and lengthy prison terms for persons engaged in sex trafficking is a high priority of law enforcement and the United States Attorney’s Office,” Russell said.

The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Buescher, who sentenced Foard to 540 months’ imprisonment. Foard will also be required to register as a sex offender and serve a life term of supervised release after his release from prison.

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. The project marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.

The Omaha Police Department praised the strong sentence, saying it sends a message to those who would exploit children for financial gain. “It is our hope that today’s sentencing will send a strong message to all of those who want to line their pockets through the sexual exploitation of children,” said a spokesperson for the Omaha Police Department.