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Pittsburgh Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Sex Trafficking
A despicable crime has shaken the community in Pittsburgh as William Miller, a 37-year-old resident, has been sentenced to 144 months imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his conviction of sex trafficking of a child.
Senior United States District Judge Donetta W. Ambrose imposed the sentence on Miller in federal court. The superseding indictment in the case charged that from in and around December of 2011, to on or about February 10, 2012, Miller knowingly recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, provided and obtained a homeless, 15-year-old minor, Jane Doe, to engage in commercial sex acts and produced visual depictions of the minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
The heinous crime came to light when Miller was arrested for driving and accompanying the minor to a date with an undercover City of Pittsburgh Police Detective at the Quality Inn Hotel in Oakland.
Assistant United States Attorney Jessica Lieber Smolar prosecuted this case on behalf of the government. U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton commended the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the City of Pittsburgh Police Department for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Miller.
As part of the sentencing, Judge Ambrose stated that the 12-year sentence should serve as a “general deterrent but also a personal deterrent to Mr. Miller.”
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the federal government to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Key Facts
- State: Pennsylvania
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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