A Glendale man will spend up to 13 years, 4 months in prison for taking a minor across state lines so she could engage in prostitution.
The sentence for Marques West, 30,, was announced Monday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the district of Arizona.
West’s sentence, carried out Thursday, June 26, by U.S. District Judge Cynthia K. Jorgenson, also includes five years probation following his release. West pleaded guilty April 17, 2014, to one count of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in prostitution, according to U.S. Attorney’s spokesman Cosme Lopez.
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“Sometime between Jan. 20, 2013, and Jan. 29, 2013, West transported a minor female from El Paso, Texas, to Tucson, Ariz., with the intent that the minor female engage in commercial sex acts,” an announcement released Monday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office stated.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information, visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
The investigation in the case was conducted by the Tucson Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Tucson.
