A Portland man has been sentenced to over 24 years in federal prison for sex trafficking three minors. Eric Lamont Harris, 51, received a sentence of 292 months in federal prison and will be subject to 10 years of supervised release.
Court documents show that Harris began trafficking a 15-year-old girl in spring 2022. The victim was under state care and had been reported missing in March of that year. In June 2022, Harris started trafficking a second minor, aged 16. The following month, he transported both girls from Portland to Kennewick, Washington, where he intended for them to engage in prostitution at a hotel he had reserved. After the parents of the second minor reported her missing, law enforcement from the FBI and Kennewick Police recovered both victims in Kennewick. A third minor victim, aged 17, met Harris in June 2022 and was trafficked by him starting August that year.
All three victims lived with Harris during the period they were trafficked. He arranged hotel rooms for their commercial sex activities, transported them to appointments, facilitated online escort advertisements featuring the minors, and collected thousands of dollars from these activities.
On September 16, 2025, a federal grand jury indicted Harris on eight counts including transportation with intent to engage in prostitution; three counts each of sex trafficking of a child and benefitting from participation in such ventures; as well as sexual exploitation of children. On November 6, 2025—during his trial—Harris pleaded guilty to all charges.
The investigation involved multiple agencies: the FBI; Portland Police Bureau; Kennewick Police Department; and Medford Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Charlotte Kelley and Robert Trisotto prosecuted the case.
“This case was brought in collaboration with Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse,” according to the press release. “Launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice...Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children.”
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, Scott Bradford, has previously held positions including Chief of the White Collar Unit and Acting Chief of Counterintelligence and Export Control Section.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office also engages in community outreach programs aimed at crime prevention across Oregon.
This office maintains locations in Portland, Eugene and Medford (source) as one among ninety-three offices operating under the U.S. Department of Justice nationwide (source). It employs more than one hundred staff members (source) whose mission is to represent U.S interests while fostering trust within the judicial system (source).
Anyone who may be a victim or have information about human trafficking can contact the National Human Trafficking Resource Center at 1-888-373-7888 or text “233733.” Tips can also be submitted through their website.
