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CSEC in Reno, Nevada (2006)

A CSEC case from 2006 in Reno, Nevada, United States. 2 sources on file.

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What happened

Juan Rico Doss received the mandatory sentence of life in prison. On June 26, 2006, a federal jury determined that Doss was guilty of two counts of sex trafficking of children, three counts of transporting minors into prostitution, one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of children and transporting minors into prostitution, and two counts of witness tampering. In April 2006, Doss' first trail was declared a mistrial after the younger victim refused to testify against Doss. It was determined that the witness had been influenced by Doss, which led to additional charges of witness tampering against Doss. Doss is one of the first in the nation to receive the mandatory life sentence pursuant to Section 3559(e), which calls for mandatory life imprisonment for repeated sex offenses against children. On Nov. 1, 2006, Judge Larson found that Doss’s previous conviction in the State of Nevada on charges of pandering of minors for the purpose of prostitution qualified as a prior sex offense under this statute. Doss' wife, Jacquay Quinn Ford, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for her role in the crimes. She cooperated with the government and testified against her husband.

Response and intervention

The case against Doss and Ford was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which received the case from the Los Angeles Police Department. The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the Department of Justice. This case is part of the Innocence Lost Initiative, a cooperative effort between the FBI, the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to prevent and prosecute child prostitution. It is not known what happened to the victims following the incident. Sources: http://losangeles.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel07/la070307usa.htm http://www.legalmann.com/news-content.cfm/Article/103811/Nevada-Man-Sentenced-For-Sex-Trafficking.html

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