Providence man pleads guilty to sex trafficking

June 30, 2016 5:28 pm

By: News Staff

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Providence, R.I. – Paris Peters, 24, of Providence, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence Thursday to sex trafficking a 16-year old female. Peters admitted to the court that beginning in August 2015, he and two co-defendants conspired to post photographs and advertisements on Backpage.com offering the juvenile female for prostitution, and arranging for and transporting the victim to various locations in Rhode Island and Massachusetts to engage in commercial sexual activity.

Appearing before U.S. District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith, Peters pleaded guilty as charged in a federal indictment returned on December 3, 2015, with conspiracy to sex traffic a child, sex trafficking a child, transportation of a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.

Peters is scheduled to be sentenced in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge William E. Smith on September 14, 2016.