Gerald Eugene Mayham, Sex Trafficking Child, Florida 2014

Clearwater Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking Charge

Tampa, FL – Gerald Eugene Mayham, a 41-year-old resident of Clearwater, has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking a child. The maximum penalty he faces is life in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is set for January 7, 2015.

According to court documents, in June and July 2013, Mayham conspired with Joel Raymond Nauta to cause a 16-year-old girl to engage in commercial sex acts. Mayham, aware that the victim was a minor, arranged the sex acts by soliciting men at various locations in Clearwater and Dunedin.

To coerce the victim into complying with the scheme, Mayham threatened her and provided her with drugs. Mayham received the money from the sex acts, which he used to purchase drugs.

Mayham’s co-conspirator, Joel Raymond Nauta, pleaded guilty on April 29, 2014, to his role in the conspiracy. Nauta is set to be sentenced on December 17, 2014.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Clearwater Police Department, the St. Petersburg Police Department, and the Largo Police Department. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Joseph W. Swanson and Simon A. Gaugush.

This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.

For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

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