Michael Graham Lowe, a 25-year-old resident of Prattville, Alabama, was found guilty of sex trafficking of a minor and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor after a four-day trial before U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler of the Northern District of Alabama.
The jury’s verdict was announced after a four-day trial. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.
According to evidence presented at trial, in or about May 2016, Lowe and co-defendant Joshua Rose conspired to sex traffic a minor victim at the Stay Lodge motel in Montgomery, Alabama. Rose advertised the underage victim on Backpage, and with the assistance of Lowe, arranged meetings for the victim to engage in commercial sex acts.
Lowe also transported the minor victim to another location to engage in commercial sex acts. Lowe and Rose used the money earned from the victim’s commercial sex acts to purchase illegal narcotics.
The case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, and the Prattville, Alabama Police Department, with assistance from the Montgomery, Alabama Police Department, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Alabama Attorney General’s Office. The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Leslie Williams Fisher of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Hollie Reed of the Middle District of Alabama.
The case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the U.S. Department of Justice. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
Key Facts
- State: Alabama
- Category: Sex Crimes|Human Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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