Rochester Woman Pleads Guilty in Sex Trafficking Case

A 26-year-old Rochester woman has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit sex trafficking of a minor, a charge that carries a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Jennifer Miller, of Rochester, New York, entered her guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford in a federal courtroom.

According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Tiffany H. Lee, who is handling the case, Miller and another co-conspirator transported a minor to New Jersey and Pennsylvania in April 2013, with the intention of engaging in commercial sex acts. The defendant used Backpage.com to post ads for the minor.

Miller was also accused of transporting the minor to Pennsylvania again, knowing that the minor would be engaging in commercial sex acts.

Miller was arrested in April 2014, along with Jodia Campbell and Laree Greggs. Charges are still pending against defendants Campbell and Greggs, who are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

The 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 by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS).

The plea is the culmination of an investigation led by the FBI’s Task Force, which includes the Rochester Police Department under the direction of Chief Michael Ciminelli, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office under the direction of Chief Patrick O’Flynn, and Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Sentencing will be scheduled at a later date, but for now, Miller faces a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $250,000 fine for her role in the sex trafficking of a minor.

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