5-22-2019
SEATTLE, Wash. — A Seattle-area man was sentenced to twenty-three years in prison and fifteen years of supervised release for crimes of threats, violence, and sexual assault, which included sex trafficking of a minor using force, fraud and coercion.
“This sentence should send a strong message that those who use physical and emotional coercion to force and manipulate victims into sexual slavery will be held accountable for their crimes,” said U.S. Attorney Brian Moran in a Department of Justice release.
Important pieces of the interstate case were investigated by the North Sound Child Exploitation Task Force, a coalition of the Kent Police, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office, and the FBI.
Contributions were also made by the Bellingham, Wenatchee, and Auburn police departments.
32-year-old Aubrey “Uno” Taylor had worked as a pimp in Washington, Idaho and Nevada.
He transported girls to Las Vegas to engage in commercial sex acts, and controlled his victims with things like heroin and making them get tattoos of his name.
“We are deeply proud of the survivors who came forward and testified bravely in this case and we are equally proud of Kent Police Department’s investigators who worked tirelessly to put an end to this cycle of exploitation and abuse,” said Kent Police Commander Andy Grove.