Baton Rouge man enters guilty plea in child sex case
Last Modified: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 9:03 AM
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A Baton Rouge man has admitted that he sold a 15-year-old girl into prostitution two years ago.
The Advocate reported 31-year-old Erick Jermaine Banks pleaded guilty Monday to one count of conspiracy to traffic a child in the commercial sex trade.
U.S. Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. says the crime carries a possible penalty of life imprisonment.
U.S. District Judge James J. Brady did not immediately schedule a sentencing date for Banks.
Baton Rouge police arrested Banks before dawn Jan. 30, 2011, as he was checking out of a hotel. Officers then rescued the girl from a hotel room.
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