Baltimore, MD – In a shocking turn of events, Jason David Young, a/k/a Bird, J Bird, and Chris, age 33, of New Carrollton, Maryland, pleaded guilty to pimping and firearms possession. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and other law enforcement officials.
According to his plea agreement, from September 2013 through October 2015, Young was a pimp and used physical, mental and emotional abuse and threats in order to cause women to engage in commercial sex acts for his financial benefit. Young admitted that he transported the women across state lines to engage in prostitution.
On at least two occasions in 2014, Young was stopped by police and a gun was found in the car. On each occasion, the woman traveling with Young claimed that the gun was hers. One of the women later admitted to police that Young had given her the firearm, and that he routinely possessed firearms. She stated that Young had the women take responsibility for the firearms if discovered by police.
One of the guns, a 9mm handgun recovered on December 15, 2014, was stolen. The Prince George’s County Police Department arrested Young for a parole violation on February 12, 2015, and recovered two .45 caliber handguns from the ceiling. Both handguns had been stolen.
Investigation showed that all three of the stolen handguns had been taken from a prostitution customer, a gun collector who kept a gun safe on the same floor of his house as the master bedroom. Young had gone to the house once with two of the women he trafficked, and the gun safe was not fully locked and closed. Women who worked for Young twice stole firearms from the customer and provided them to Young.
Young took photos of the five firearms using his cell phone and sent them to other individuals. The photos of the guns were taken inside the apartment Young provided to the women in exchange for Young collecting the proceeds of their commercial sex acts. Young controlled all of the women’s money and movements, threatening to beat them if they did not comply with his instructions.
Young and the government have agreed that if the Court accepts the plea agreement Young will be sentenced to 20 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III has scheduled Young’s sentencing for June 16, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. Young has been detained since his arrest in October 19, 2015.
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Key Facts
- State: Maryland
- Category: Sex Crimes|Violent Crime|Human Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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