Dalonte Foard, Sex Trafficking, Nebraska 2026

Omaha Man Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking a Minor

Omaha, Nebraska - In a shocking case of sex trafficking, 25-year-old Dalonte Foard has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for conspiracy to sex traffic a minor and sex trafficking of a minor.

The sentencing, which took place on an unknown date, was handed down by United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher, who ordered Foard to serve 540 months in prison with no parole in the federal prison system. After his release, Foard will be on supervised release for life and will be required to register as a sex offender.

The case against Foard began in January when he was found guilty after a four-day jury trial. The evidence presented at trial showed that in September 2020, two Omaha foster children went missing from their foster home. Foard had picked up the two girls, aged 16 and 17, and driven them to a hotel where co-defendant Thomas Holbert posted online advertisements promoting the minors for commercial sex acts.

According to the evidence, 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.

Omaha Police Department (OPD) spokesperson praised the sentence, saying that OPD is pleased to see such a strong sentence for sex trafficking. OPD and its federal partners will continue to work together to pursue traffickers and bring them to justice.

“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 acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Kansas City Shawn Gibson. “These individuals and their associated criminal organizations have been put on notice. We, alongside our partners at the Omaha Police Department, are doing everything possible to disrupt and dismantle the greedy criminal networks you’ve established, and will continue protect the children in our community from harm.”

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. Led by United States Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood 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.

This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the Omaha Police Department, and the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office. The exact date of the crime is not specified in the source, but it is believed to have occurred in September 2020.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ne/pr/omaha-man-sentenced-45-years-prison-sex-trafficking-minor