U.S. Department
of Justice
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
MEDIA INQUIRIES: KATHY COLVIN |
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2011
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FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS LUBBOCK MAN Defendant Harbored, Transported, and Maintained Minor Female Engaged in Prostitution
The government presented evidence at trial that Pringler knowingly recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, provided, obtained, and maintained by any means, an unnamed minor female who was under the age of 18, knowing, or in reckless disregard of the fact, that she was under the age of 18 and that she would be caused to engage in a commercial sex act. Witnesses testified that Pringler would provide food, shelter, transportation, and marijuana to the unnamed minor and to another female, and used the proceeds from their prostitution activities to pay for those items. The government also presented evidence that Pringler and the adult female advertised the minor’s prostitution services on the Internet, and Pringler drove her to various hotels and locations to engage in the sex acts. The case was investigated by the Lubbock Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Steven M. Sucsy and Amy Burch of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Lubbock, prosecuted. ### |