{"id":56753,"date":"2024-06-19T17:22:14","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T00:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=56753"},"modified":"2024-06-19T17:22:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T00:22:14","slug":"man-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison-for-sex-trafficking-three-adults-and-a-minor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=56753","title":{"rendered":"Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking Three Adults and a Minor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"node-body\">\n<div class=\"field-formatter--text-default field-text-format--wysiwyg text-formatted field_body\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56688\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/department_of_1718317154.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3918 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-300x300.png\" alt=\"Two Men Arrested for Allegedly Operating One of the Largest Synthetic Drug Smuggling Rings\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Aaron T. Simmons, 26, of Greenville, South Carolina, was sentenced this week to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking four women and a minor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Simmons pleaded guilty in November 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cThis significant prison sentence reflects the seriousness of the defendant\u2019s brutal conduct inflicted on victims, including a minor, for many months,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division. \u201cThe sexual exploitation of victims in this manner robs them of their freedom, dignity, and sense of security and stands to scar them for life. Such venal, rapacious conduct is unacceptable in our society.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Court documents indicate that between August 2019 and August 2020, the defendant coerced three adult victims into repeated commercial sex acts in the Greenville area using physical beatings, threats, intimidation, control, and psychological manipulation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Additionally, between August 2019 and November 2019, the defendant facilitated the involvement of a 17-year-old minor in commercial sex acts in the Greenville area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The FBI Columbia Field Office and Greenville Police Department investigated the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Assistant U.S. Attorney Carrie Fisher Sherard for the District of South Carolina and Trial Attorney Francisco Zornosa of the Civil Rights Division\u2019s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit prosecuted the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron T. 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