Alexandria, VA
Michael Tavon Jefferies, aka “Loc,” 21, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was
sentenced today to 120 months in prison, followed by five years of
supervised release, for his role as a bodyguard for a gang-led
prostitution business that recruited and trafficked high school girls.
On April 12, 2012, Jefferies pled guilty to sex trafficking of a
juvenile. According to court records, Jefferies was a member of the
Underground Gangster Crips (UGC) set based in Fairfax County, Virginia,
and he assisted the gang in sex trafficking of juveniles and adults from
about November 2011 to January 2012. He served as a bodyguard for the
UGC prostitution enterprise and collected the proceeds received from
prostitution, providing a portion to another member of UGC and keeping a
portion for himself. Jefferies also paid for an advertisement on
Backpage.com to solicit customers and paid for hotel rooms for one of
the juvenile prostitutes.
Tampa, FL
United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announces that Miguel Pierre
Morancy (30, Orlando) pled guilty this week to sex trafficking of a
minor. Morancy faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.
According to the plea agreement, Morancy was a “pimp” operating in
the central Florida area. From 2007 until 2010, he had numerous
prostitutes working for him. Several of the prostitutes were identified
as juveniles. An investigation revealed that from November 2007 until
February of 2008, Morancy employed an eighth grader as a prostitute.
This 13-year-old victim advised law enforcement that she prostituted
herself in Tampa and Orlando and gave all of her earnings to Morancy.
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