Vincent Hudson, Sex Trafficking, Florida 2014

A trio of California residents has been brought to justice for their roles in a sex trafficking operation that spanned multiple states.

On November 8, 2013, a 16-year-old girl met Vincent Hudson, also known as "Goldie," at a hotel in Orlando, Florida. Hudson, 44, of Stockton, California, promised the minor a "new identity" if she would join their "team" as a prostitute.

The minor victim told Hudson, Patricia Poulson, a/k/a "Moët Diamonds," 22, of Stockton, California, and Jessica McCrary, a/k/a "Amber Snow," 20, of Stockton, California, that she was a runaway with an active arrest warrant. However, the trio convinced her to work as a prostitute in Louisiana and California, earning all the money she made for Hudson.

Hudson, Poulson, and McCrary drove the minor to Louisiana, where she worked the streets of Lafayette and New Orleans. They stole an identification card at a tattoo shop in Lafayette, which became the minor’s new identity. After three weeks, the minor took a bus to Stockton, California, where she worked as a prostitute nearly every day until her arrest on December 18, 2013.

On September 4, 2014, Hudson pleaded guilty to one count of transporting a minor to engage in prostitution and one count of the commission of a felony offense involving a minor when required to register as a sex offender. Poulson and McCrary pleaded guilty to interstate travel with intent to promote an unlawful activity, namely prostitution.

On February 12, 2015, United States District Judge Paul Byron sentenced Hudson to 30 years in federal prison. Poulson and McCrary received three years’ probation, respectively.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Orlando Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Attorney David Haas prosecuted the case.

The sentencing is another success for Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse. Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.

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