Federal Jury Convicts Chicago Man of Child Sex Trafficking in Indiana
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A Chicago man has been convicted by a federal jury on charges related to child sex trafficking.
On Monday, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana announced that Jacquez “Joc” Brown, 31, of Chicago, was found guilty of sex trafficking of a minor, sexual exploitation of a child, and three counts of distribution of child sexual abuse material. The verdict was returned on Oct. 15, following a three-day trial.
According to court documents and evidence introduced at trial, on Dec. 14, 2022, Vigo County 911 received an emergency text message stating that a 15-year-old girl was being prostituted by a 28-year-old man, later identified as Brown. The message was sent from the Super 8 Motel in Terre Haute.
Officers from the Terre Haute Police Department (THPD) found the girl in a motel room with Brown. During the investigation, police learned that Brown compelled the girl to engage in commercial sex acts for his financial benefit. He had also taken a sexually explicit photograph of her during the trafficking that he sent to numerous other people to entice them to pay for sex with the girl.
Homeland Security Investigations and the Terre Haute Police Department investigated this case. Assistant U.S. attorneys Carolyn Haney and MaryAnn Mindrum prosecuted it.
Brown’s sentence will be determined at a later date.