ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Florida man was sentenced today to 25
years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for sex trafficking a
16-year-old girl throughout the United States in 2017.
According to court documents, Andrew Lee Thompson II, aka
“Slim,” 34, met the minor victim in Arizona and began sex trafficking her with
his two co-defendants, Delberta Rose McKenzie and Rachel Lynn Robillard.
Thompson posted prostitution advertisements on the Internet, and from February
through June 2017, he drove and flew the minor victim across the country for
prostitution, including to Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina,
and Virginia. After the prostitution dates, he collected all the money.
While in Arlington, a security guard called police after
seeing multiple men go in and out of two rooms at a hotel on Glebe Road. When
law enforcement investigated, they found evidence of prostitution related
activity in the hotel rooms and recovered the minor victim. After arresting
Thompson, law enforcement found tattoos on his body bragging about his pimping
activities, including on his arm and across his chest.
McKenzie and Robillard were each previously sentenced to
five years in prison for sex trafficking of a minor.
Tracy Doherty-McCormick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the
Eastern District of Virginia, Andrew W. Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of
the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and M. Jay Farr, Chief of Arlington CountyPolice, made the announcement after sentencing by Senior U.S. District Judge
Claude M. Hilton. Assistant U.S. Attorney Maureen C. Cain prosecuted the case.
A copy of this press release is located on the website of
the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court
documents and information is located on the website of the District Court for
the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No.
1:17-cr-168.
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