Anchorage, Alaska – A Las Vegas man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in a prostitution ring that targeted vulnerable women in Alaska.
Brandon Michael Gadson, 32, was sentenced on January 18, 2013, by United States District Court Judge Sharon M. Gleason for one count of Interstate Travel to Promote Prostitution.
Gadson traveled to Anchorage in July 2010, with three women, the youngest of whom was 19 years old, and another man, for the purpose of trafficking the women on the internet.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel R. Cooper, Jr., Gadson appeared in at least three videos published on YouTube, all of which lyricized the degradation of women through sex trafficking, and promoted the exploitation of women through physical force.
Gadson’s conduct was deemed ‘demeaning to women’ and ‘reprehensible’ by Judge Gleason, who noted that he had a tattoo of the word ‘Pimp’ on the side of his neck and had appeared in videos promoting sex trafficking.
U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler commended the Vice Squad of the Anchorage Police Department for their investigation into the case, which was supported by the Federal Bureau of Investigations’ Innocence Lost Task Force.
Gadson’s sentence was imposed in accordance with the United States Sentencing Guidelines for this crime and includes three years of supervised release, during which time he is restricted from using the internet without his probation officer’s permission.
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Key Facts
- State: Alaska
- Category: Sex Crimes|Human Trafficking|Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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