SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California announced Monday a Las Vegas man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the sex trafficking of a 16-year-old girl. <\/p>\n
Prosecutors say Vincent Bailey trafficked the victim in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Diego, between June 25 and July 15, 2024. <\/p>\n
Bailey first contacted the victim through Instagram and pursued a sexual relationship with her before introducing her to the life of prostitution around Las Vegas, according to the press release.<\/p>\n
The victim reached out for help in San Diego and waited for National City police officers at a local restaurant. But nine days later, the victim’s mother reported her missing again. Prosecutors say she was later found branded, with a tattoo under her left eye, that matched one Bailey has.<\/p>\n
California Highway Patrol arrested Bailey on Oct. 1, 2024, during a traffic stop where another reported minor from Spokane, Washington, was in the vehicle.<\/p>\n
\u201cHuman trafficking and sexual exploitation of minors is a despicable crime that has no place in California,\u201d said California Attorney General Rob Bonta. \u201cI\u2019m proud of the work our California DOJ-led San Diego Human Trafficking Taskforce did to investigate and hold accountable the perpetrator of these horrific crimes.”<\/p>\n
A judge has also ordered Bailey to pay $7,000 in restitution. <\/p>\n
If you are living or working under threat of violence or extortion, or you suspect someone else may be, call: National Human Trafficking Resource Center toll-free, 24\/7 Hotline: (888) 373-7888 or TEXT BeFree or 233733.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California announced Monday a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1421,47,35272,74,76,35273,75,26468,35274],"class_list":["post-57370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-las-vegas","tag-los-angeles","tag-national-city-police","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-human-trafficking-task-force","tag-san-diego-news","tag-sex-trafficking","tag-vincent-bailey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}