Man Sentenced to Serve 141 Months in Prison Following Guilty Plea to Sex Trafficking of a Minor
| U.S. Attorney’s Office August 22, 2011 |
United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that Charles Duan Hamilton was sentenced today in federal court in San Diego by the Honorable William Q. Hayes to serve 141 months in custody and 10 years of supervised release following his release from prison based on Hamilton’s conviction for one count of sex trafficking of a minor, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1591. Hamilton entered his guilty on November 9, 2010. The Court also ordered Hamilton to pay $3,200.07 in restitution to the minor female victim.
According to court records, Hamilton admitted that between April and June 2010, he recruited, transported and offered a 16-year-old female minor for prostitution in San Diego County and elsewhere. He was arrested on June 25, 2010 in Seattle, Washington.
This case is being brought as part of the Department of Justice Project Safe Childhood (PSC). For more information about PSC, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
Case Number: 10CR2739-WQH
DEFENDANT
Charles Duan Hamilton
SUMMARY OF CHARGE
Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1591(a) and (b)—Sex Trafficking of Children
AGENCIES
San Diego Police Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation