SAN DIEGO (CN) - A 28-year-old San Diego man was sentenced Monday to 12 1/2 years in federal prison for sex trafficking of children.
Randy Martell Ballard aka Jazmin Davis brought a 14-year-old girl from El Paso to San Diego to make her work as a prostitute, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
He bought her a bus ticket under a phony name and then "posted online prostitution ads on the Internet with a phone number that the minor had in her possession and provided the minor with false identification documents," the U.S. attorney said in a statement.
Ballard pleaded guilty in November 2012.
Subscribe to Closing Arguments
Sign up for new weekly newsletter Closing Arguments to get the latest about ongoing trials, major litigation and hot cases and rulings in courthouses around the U.S. and the world.