Defendant Admits to Transporting Minor for Prostitution

ST. LOUIS – JoeMarius Green, 24, has pleaded guilty to one felony count of transporting a minor across state lines to engage in prostitution.

According to court documents, Green took a female minor and others from Dallas to Kansas City on February 12, 2023, to engage in prostitution during the Super Bowl. After about four days, Green took the victim and others to a St. Louis area hotel for the same reason.

As part of his plea agreement, Green admitted to managing the online prostitution ads, renting hotel rooms, setting price points for sex acts, and taking all cash proceeds from the victim’s commercial sex acts.

Green’s co-defendant, Chantel Robinson, 20, pleaded guilty in November to one felony count of possession of child pornography. Robinson admitted engaging in commercial sex acts, taking sexually explicit and sexually suggestive photos of minors, and posting online advertisements for commercial sex acts. She also oversaw the prostitution activities of minors when Green was absent.

The St. Louis County Police Department and the FBI investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Dianna Edwards is prosecuting the case.

Green is scheduled to be sentenced on June 25 and faces a penalty of 10 years to life in prison. Robinson is scheduled to be sentenced on April 8 and faces up to 20 years in prison.

This 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. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Department of Justice Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, 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.

For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc

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