Man who prosecutors say continued intercourse trafficking teen from behind bars sentenced

A person who trafficked a 15-year-old lady for intercourse in San Diego County was sentenced Monday to 12 years in jail.

Gabriel Joseph Gonzalez, 20, of Pomona, pleaded responsible to bringing the sufferer to San Diego County, the place he had her have interaction in intercourse work, in response to the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace.

Gonzalez knew the lady since she was 13 years previous, and whereas she was a runaway and dwelling in a Los Angeles County group residence, he satisfied her to depart the house “to interact in industrial intercourse work for (his) monetary profit,” the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace mentioned.

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Prosecutors alleged that in one week in January of final yr, Gonzalez had the lady participate in industrial intercourse work on daily basis that week apart from the date of her sixteenth birthday, when she was given the day “off.”

The lady referred to as 911 after Gonzalez threatened her, in response to a prosecution sentencing memorandum.

However after Gonzalez’s arrest and responsible plea, he continued trafficking the lady whereas he was behind bars by instructing her by phone calls from jail, in response to prosecutors.