WEBVTT FEDERAL AGENTS SAY WAS RUN BYTWO MEN OUT OF THIS EVANSTONNEIGHBORHOOD.THE VICTIM’S CALL FOR HELP CAMEFROM OUTSIDE THIS SHARONVILLEHOTEL.IT WAS LISTED ONLY AS TROUBLEBREWING.POLICE WOULD HAVE NO IDEA HOWMUCH UNTIL THEY ARRIVED.FEDERAL COURT DOCUMENTS SAYOFFICERS UNCOVERED A SEXTRAFFICKING OPERATION.IT INVOLVED A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL,ALLEGEDLY TRAFFICKED FOR SEX,SOMETIMES BEATEN, OTHER TIMESINJECTED WITH HEROIN AND FORCETO SMOKE CRACK COCAINE.ONE TIME DOCUMENTS SAY, A MANPUT A GUN TO HER HEAD FORCED HERTO HAVE SEX WITH HIS DISABLEDSON.INVESTIGATORS SAY TWO MEN RANTHE OPERATION FROM THIS HOUSE ONKENNY STREET.WILLIAM PEIRCE WASHINGTON KNOWNAS BAM AND HIS BROTHER WITH AVERY SIMILAR NAME, WILLIAMPEIRCE WASHINGTON JR. KNOWN ASMAN.INSIDE THE HOTEL POLICE SAY THEYFOUND CAMERAS WITH SEXUALLYEXPLICIT PICTURES OF THE16-YEAR-OLD AND OTHER WOMEN,ALONG WITH TEXT MESSAGES FROMMEN WHO WERE WILLING TO BUY SEX.BOTH WASHINGTON BROTHERS AREARRESTED, BOTH CHARGED WITH SEXTRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN CHARGES.THE INVESTIGATION ISN’T OVERYET.INVESTIGATORS SAY THERE COULD BE
Cincinnati man sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for sex-trafficking teen
A Cincinnati man who was convicted of sex trafficking a teenage girl with his half-brother was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison Friday.William Pierce Washington, Jr., 52, was indicted in 2017 with co-defendant William Pierce Washington, 40, of Cincinnati.Court documents revealed Washington, Jr., also known as “Man,” sex trafficked a teenager for at least four months. Washington, Jr. often transported the teenage girl and the teenager lived at his home during the majority of the events. Investigators said co-defendant Washington would get the victim high on drugs. On at least one occasion, he was accused of forcibly injecting her with heroin, officials said.Washington would traffic the teenager to engage in sexual conduct for money, according to court documents. He would also beat and rape the teenager.Officers with the Sharonville Police Department responded to a motel in April 2017 after they received a report of a distraught girl in the motel’s parking lot. The 16-year-old girl told officers she had spent several hours in a motel room smoking crack cocaine and engaged in oral sex with a man who physically assaulted her.Authorities searched William Pierce Washington’s cellphone and found sexually explicit photos with the teenager and text conversations with him about plans to coordinate the sexual activity for money for Washington.Washington was sentenced in December to 188 months in prison and 20 years of supervised release. As part of his sentence, he was ordered to pay more than $229,000 in restitution to the victim and to a local county Job and Family Services agency.On Friday, Washington’s brother, Washington, Jr., was sentenced to 188 months in prison and 15 years of supervised release. As part of his sentence, he was also ordered to pay $194,000 in restitution to the victim.
CINCINNATI —
A Cincinnati man who was convicted of sex trafficking a teenage girl with his half-brother was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison Friday.
William Pierce Washington, Jr., 52, was indicted in 2017 with co-defendant William Pierce Washington, 40, of Cincinnati.
Court documents revealed Washington, Jr., also known as “Man,” sex trafficked a teenager for at least four months. Washington, Jr. often transported the teenage girl and the teenager lived at his home during the majority of the events.
Investigators said co-defendant Washington would get the victim high on drugs. On at least one occasion, he was accused of forcibly injecting her with heroin, officials said.
Washington would traffic the teenager to engage in sexual conduct for money, according to court documents. He would also beat and rape the teenager.
Officers with the Sharonville Police Department responded to a motel in April 2017 after they received a report of a distraught girl in the motel’s parking lot. The 16-year-old girl told officers she had spent several hours in a motel room smoking crack cocaine and engaged in oral sex with a man who physically assaulted her.
Authorities searched William Pierce Washington’s cellphone and found sexually explicit photos with the teenager and text conversations with him about plans to coordinate the sexual activity for money for Washington.
Washington was sentenced in December to 188 months in prison and 20 years of supervised release. As part of his sentence, he was ordered to pay more than $229,000 in restitution to the victim and to a local county Job and Family Services agency.
On Friday, Washington’s brother, Washington, Jr., was sentenced to 188 months in prison and 15 years of supervised release. As part of his sentence, he was also ordered to pay $194,000 in restitution to the victim.