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Memphis Man Charged with Trafficking 14-Year-Old into Louisiana to Perform Commercial Sex Acts

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Published March 17, 2022

Memphis Man Charged with Trafficking 14-Year-Old into Louisiana to Perform Commercial Sex Acts

Louisiana – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Jeremy Talbert, age 26, from Memphis, Tennessee, was charged on March 16, 2022, in a one-count bill of information for his role in bringing a fourteen-year-old female from Memphis, Tennessee to New Orleans, Louisiana for the purpose of having her perform commercial sex acts in or about October 2020 and continuing until on or about December 17, 2020. For this alleged conduct, the bill of information charges Talbert with Sex Trafficking of a Minor, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1591(a)(1), 1591(b)(2), 1594(a), and 2.

Talbert faces a minimum sentence of ten years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted. The defendant also faces supervised release for a period of five years to life, a fine of up to $250,000, participation in the sex offender registration and notification program, and a mandatory $100.00 special assessment fee.

U.S. Attorney Evans emphasized that a bill of information is only a charge and that the defendant’s guilt must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

This case was filed as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Project Safe Childhood, led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, marshals federal, state, and local resources to find, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, as well as to identify and rescue victims. To learn more about Project Safe Childhood, go to www.usdoj.gov/psc. For more information on internet safety education, go to www.usdoj.gov/psc and select the “resources” tab.

U.S. Attorney Evans praised the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New Orleans Police Department for their work in investigating this case. The prosecution is led by Assistant United States Attorneys Maria Carboni and Jordan Ginsberg, Supervisor of the Public Corruption Unit.

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