A Memphis, Tennessee, man was sentenced today to 15 years in
prison for the sex trafficking of a 16-year-old girl, announced Assistant
Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal
Division, U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III of the Western District of
Tennessee and Special Agent in Charge Todd McCall of the FBI’s Memphis
Division.
Laron Matlock, 33, of Memphis, admitted during his plea
hearing that, with the assistance of a co-defendant, he facilitated the travel
of a 16-year-old girl from Chicago to Memphis in July 2012 for the purpose of
prostitution. Matlock then transported
the minor from Memphis to Nashville, Tennessee, where she engaged in
prostitution. Matlock admitted that he
facilitated the online advertisement of the minor on www.backpage.com by paying
the cost associated with the posting.
Matlock was arrested on Aug. 1, 2012, after he returned to Memphis with
the victim and attempted to take her to a customer’s house for the purpose of
prostitution.
U.S. District Judge Jon Phipps McCalla of the Western
District of Tennessee imposed the sentence.
This case was investigated by the Civil Rights Human
Trafficking Taskforce, the FBI’s Memphis Division and the Shelby County
Sheriff’s Department. This case was
prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian K. Coleman of the Western District
of Tennessee and Trial Attorney Mi Yung Park of the Criminal Division’s Child
Exploitation and Obscenity Section.
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