A Texas man has been sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison for sex trafficking a minor.
Jamel Muldrew, 34, of Houston, was sentenced Oct. 5 to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison, a news release said. The sentencing came after a Homeland Security Investigations Tampa investigation, as part of the Tampa Bay Human Trafficking Task Force of the Middle District of Florida.
“This heinous predator trafficked his minor victim around the country to engage in prostitution, including in Texas, New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida,” Assistant Special Agent in Charge Kristopher Pagitt, HSI Tampa, said in the release.
Muldrew was sentenced after it was found he engaged in “sex trafficking a minor, enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity, use of a facility of interstate commerce in aid of racketeering and interstate transportation of a person for commercial sex acts,” the release said. Muldrew was arrested in Florida after trafficking the minor throughout the country from February to April 2021.
“The success of this investigation is a direct result of the outstanding law enforcement partnerships we have in the Tampa Bay Human Trafficking Task Force, to include the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and the Houston (Texas) Police Department, as well as non-governmental organizations such as Selah-Freedom,” Pagitt said, according to the release.
