Houston man pleaded guilty today in federal court to one
count of sex trafficking of children, announced Assistant Attorney General
Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S.
Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.
Deangelo Tate, 27, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge
Gray H. Miller of the Southern District of Texas in Houston. Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 17, 2017.
According to admissions made in connection with his guilty
plea, between Jan. 13, 2015, and March 16, 2015, Tate posted classified
advertisements on backpage.com promoting the prostitution of a 17-year-old
minor female. Tate admitted that he also
rented hotel rooms in Corpus Christi, Texas, and Houston to serve as the
location for commercial sex acts between the minor female and male
customers. Tate transported the minor
female to the hotels, collected all of the money from the completed sex acts
and became physically violent with the minor female if she did not follow
Tate’s orders, he admitted. Tate was
aware that the victim was a minor and stated in a conversation recorded by law
enforcement that the girl had no credibility because of her age.
The FBI investigated this case with assistance from the
Houston Police Department and the Corpus Christi Police Department. Trial Attorney Herbrina D. Sanders and Lauren
Britsch of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section
(CEOS) and Assistant U.S. Attorney Sherri L. Zack of the Southern District of
Texas prosecuted the case.
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