WASHINGTON – A South Carolina man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for sex trafficking a minor in Washington, D.C. in April 2019 while on sex offender registration status.
Rodregiz Antwon Cole, 37, of Manning, South Carolina, pleaded guilty on May 20, 2021, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, to one count of sex trafficking of a minor and one count of commission of a crime against a minor victim while on sex offender registration status.
The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves, Wayne A. Jacobs, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office Criminal Division, and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
Cole was sentenced by the Honorable Colleen Kollar-Kotelly and will be placed on a lifetime of supervised release following completion of his prison term.
According to the government’s evidence, the minor victim first encountered Cole in April 2019 through an online sexual solicitation advertisement on “skipthegames.com” when she was 17 years old and pregnant. Cole drove the minor victim, along with two other adult females who were working in his commercial sex enterprise, to the “Track” in Washington, D.C. There, he had the minor victim engage in at least six commercial sex “dates” and took all of the proceeds from her.
Cole was arrested on April 5, 2019, following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police Department and the FBI Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force. He has remained in custody since his arrest. At the time of these offenses, Cole was required to register as a sex offender because of a prior conviction in 2018 in South Carolina.
This case was investigated by the FBI Washington Field Office’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force. The task force is composed of FBI agents, along with other federal agents and detectives from northern Virginia and the District of Columbia.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia commended the work of those who investigated the case and prosecuted the matter, including Trial Attorney Elizabeth Hutson of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit.
Defendant: Rodregiz Antwon Cole
Criminal Charges: Sex trafficking of a minor, commission of a crime against a minor victim while on sex offender registration status
City and State: Washington, D.C.
Exact Date: April 5, 2019 (arrest), May 20, 2021 (plea), and [no exact date] (sentencing)
Sentence: 15 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release following completion of his prison term
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Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Category: Sex Crimes|Human Trafficking|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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