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Date: 08-15-2023
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Case Number: 2:21-cr-20731
Judge: Bernard A. Friedman
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Wayne County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Detroit
Defendant's Attorney: Craig Daly
Description: Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sex trafficking or children by force, fraud, or coercion.
Jquon Wroten, 31, pled guilty to two counts of sex trafficking of a minor in April 2023. Wroten was sentenced today by United States District Judge Bernard A. Friedman.
Law enforcement first began investigating Wroten while attempting to locate two minor females who had run away from the Lansing area in late 2020. A relative of one of the minors contacted law enforcement with information and expressed fears that the minors were being trafficked in the Detroit area. Law enforcement recovered the minors from a motel room in Southfield, Michigan in December 2020 and learned that Wroten had recruited the minors to work for him after meeting them in a local motel while he was in town. Wroten and an adult female associate took the minors to a local beauty supply store and bought items in an effort to make them look older. Wroten then set up a commercial sex date for the minors at a residence in metro-Detroit and drove the minors to the date, where they engaged in commercial sex with multiple men. Wroten took proceeds from the sex trafficking for his own use.
“The sex trafficking of children is a hideous crime that preys on some of our district’s most vulnerable citizens,” said U.S. Attorney Ison. “The court’s sentence today is a just punishment and will prevent the defendant from further victimizing children here or anywhere else.”
“Protecting young people from dangerous predators is a top priority for the FBI in Michigan and across the country,” said Devin J. Kowalski, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Michigan. “Mr. Wroten in an example of how manipulative these criminals can be. I commend the work of the special agents, deputies, police officers, and prosecutors who worked to make our children safer by ensuring he remains behind bars for a significant period of time.”
This case was investigated by the FBI Detroit Division, FBI Las Vegas Division, FBI San Francisco Division, SEMTEC (Southwest Michigan Trafficking and Exploitation Crimes), and State of Michigan Children’s Protective Services.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Meghan Sweeney Bean and Eaton Brown.
Outcome: 08/15/2023 Minute Entry for in-person proceedings before District Judge Bernard A. Friedman: Sentencing held as to Jquon Wroten. Disposition: Rule 11 Plea Agreement accepted by the Court. Defendant remanded into the custody of the U.S. Marshal. (Court Reporter: April Kurtz) (Defendant Attorney: Craig Daley) (AUSA: Megan Sweeney Bean) (JCur) (Entered: 08/15/2023)
08/15/2023 Minute Entry for in-person proceedings before District Judge Bernard A. Friedman: Pretrial Release Violation Hearing as to Jquon Wroten held on 8/15/2023. Disposition: Bond revoked and defendant is remanded into the custody of the U.S. Marshal. (Court Reporter: April Kurtz) (Defendant Attorney: Craig Daley) (AUSA: Megan Sweeney Bean) (JCur) (Entered: 08/15/2023)
08/15/2023 33 NOTICE of Correction re 32 Order Revoking Bond as to Jquon Wroten was entered in error. (JCur) (Entered: 08/15/2023)
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