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Fairborn Man Guilty of Interstate Prostitution
A 44-year-old Fairborn man has been found guilty of transporting individuals across state lines for purposes of prostitution.
Thuron L. Hammersley pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of transporting an individual from Ohio to Kentucky for purposes of engaging in prostitution. He also admitted enticing a woman to travel from Kentucky to Ohio to engage in prostitution and obstructing the investigation into his activities.
According to court documents, Hammersley met the women on the website www.plentyoffish.com and placed ads for them on the internet site www.backpage.com offering the women as “escorts.” He directed the men who responded to the ads to motels in Kentucky and Ohio, where they engaged in sexual activity for money.
Hammersley enticed another woman to travel from Kentucky to the Dayton area by offering her employment, paying for her bus ticket, and paying for condoms. He collected the money paid by the men.
The plea agreement includes a recommended sentence of 78 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release. Under the terms of the plea agreement, the Court will review a pre-sentence investigation report before determining whether or not to accept the recommended sentence.
The case was investigated by the FBI and the Dayton and Miamisburg police departments. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Vipal Patel and Alex R. Sistla and Department of Justice Trial Attorney Betsy Biffl prosecuted the case.
Carter M. Stewart, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Jocelyn Samuels, Acting Assistant Attorney General, and Kevin R. Cornelius, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cincinnati Field Office, announced the plea entered today before U.S. District Judge Timothy S. Black.
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Key Facts
- State: Ohio
- Category: Sex Crimes|Human Trafficking|White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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