Cincinnati Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking Teen
CINCINNATI – A Cincinnati man who was charged with conspiracy to sex traffic minor females was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 188 months in prison and 20 years of supervised release.
William Pierce Washington, 40, was charged by a federal grand jury in 2017 with co-defendant William Pierce Washington, Jr., 51. According to court documents, Washington, also known as ‘Bam,’ sex trafficked a minor female for at least four months.
Washington would routinely get the victim high on drugs, including forcibly injecting the victim with heroin on at least one occasion. He would then traffic the teenager to engage in sexual conduct for money. He beat and raped the victim.
Court documents in this case detail that Sharonville Police Department officers responded to a motel in Sharonville on April 18, 2017 following the report of a distraught female in the business’s parking lot. The female, a 16-year-old, told officers she had spent several hours in a motel room smoking crack cocaine and engaged in oral sex with an adult male who physically assaulted her.
Contact with the adult male and search of his cell phone revealed sexually explicit photos with the victim and text conversations with Washington about arrangements to coordinate the sexual activity for payment to Washington.
As part of his sentence, Washington was ordered to pay more than $229,000 in restitution to the victim and to a local county Job and Family Services agency. Washington, Jr. has pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing.
Kenneth L. Parker, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; J. William Rivers, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cincinnati Division; Sharonville Acting Police Chief Mark Preuss and other members of the FBI’s child exploitation task force announced the sentence imposed today by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Black. Assistant United States Attorney Kyle J. Healey is representing the United States in this case.
The exact criminal charges against William Pierce Washington include conspiracy to sex traffic minor females. The city of the crime is Cincinnati, Ohio. The crime occurred in April 2017. The sentence imposed upon William Pierce Washington is 188 months in prison and 20 years of supervised release. The dollar amount of restitution he was ordered to pay is more than $229,000.
Key Facts
- State: Ohio
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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