OMAHA, Neb. — Appearing Particular Agent in Cost of Homeland Safety Investigations (HSI) Kansas Metropolis Taekuk Cho and United States Legal professional Steven Russell introduced {that a} jury discovered Dalonte Foard, 25, of Omaha, Nebraska, responsible Jan. 24 after a four-day trial in federal court docket for conspiracy to commit intercourse trafficking following an HSI and regulation enforcement companion investigation.
The Honorable Brian C. Buescher scheduled Foard’s sentencing for April 19 at 10:30 a.m. Foard faces as much as life in jail, with a compulsory minimal imprisonment of 10 years.
The proof at trial confirmed that in September 2020, two Omaha foster kids went lacking from their foster house. Foard had picked up the 2 ladies, aged 16 and 17, and pushed them to a resort the place co-defendant Thomas Holbert posted on-line ads selling the minors for industrial intercourse acts.
The next morning, Foard sexually assaulted one of many minors to “break her in” after which posted a brand new on-line industrial intercourse commercial for her. A person responding to Foard’s advert got here to the resort and Foard waited on the steps within the hallway. The person paid $60 to have interaction in a intercourse act with the sufferer. After the person left, Foard took $50 of the $60.
This case was introduced as a part of Undertaking Protected Childhood, a nationwide initiative to fight the rising epidemic of kid sexual exploitation and abuse launched in Could 2006 by the Division of Justice. Led by United States Legal professional’s Workplaces and the Felony Division’s Little one Exploitation and Obscenity Part, Undertaking Protected Childhood marshals federal, state and native sources to raised find, apprehend and prosecute people who exploit kids by way of the Web, in addition to to determine and rescue victims. For extra details about Undertaking Protected Childhood, please go to www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
This case was investigated by Homeland Safety Investigations, the Omaha Police Division and the Nebraska Legal professional Normal’s Workplace.
HSI, a directorate of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is the principal investigative arm of the U.S. Division of Homeland Safety (DHS), answerable for investigating transnational crime and threats, particularly these prison organizations that exploit the worldwide infrastructure via which worldwide commerce, journey, and finance transfer. HSI’s workforce of over 10,400 workers consists of greater than 6,800 particular brokers assigned to 225 cities all through the USA, and 93 abroad places in 56 nations. HSI’s worldwide presence represents DHS’s largest investigative regulation enforcement presence overseas and one of many largest worldwide footprints in U.S. regulation enforcement.
Be taught extra about HSI’s mission to fight little one exploitation in our neighborhood on Twitter @HSIKansasCity.
