Madison man indicted on charges of sex trafficking a minor

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A Madison man was indicted last week on charges including child sex trafficking, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin said.

Jeffrey M. Anderson’s office announced Thursday that Radames Hendrix, 42, is facing a charge of sex trafficking of a minor and sex trafficking using force, threats and coercion. The sealed indictment was returned by a federal grand jury on June 22 and it was unsealed Thursday when he was arrested.

The indictment alleges that Hendrix trafficked a minor from Oct. 1, 2013, through Oct. 15, 2013, knowing that the minor would be caused to engage in a commercial sex act.

Hendrix was arrested early Thursday by the FBI in Madison.

If convicted, Hendrix faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years and a maximum penalty of life in federal prison on the charge of sex trafficking of a minor, and a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years with a maximum of life on the charge of trafficking that individual using force, threats, and coercion, Anderson’s office said.

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