Houston man to serve 16 years for sex trafficking minor

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A Houston man who recruited a minor for sex trafficking, gave her drugs and advertised her body for sale on the internet will spend 16 years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Monday.

Dihlon Lee Davis, 23, will also serve 15 years of on supervised release, register as a sex offender and will have restricted access to the internet, U.S. District Judge George C. Hanks Jr. decided Monday. Davis pleaded guilty to the federal trafficking charges on Aug. 1.

In February and March 2016, Davis posted online advertisements to traffick a Manvel High School student, according to prosecutors. He rented hotel rooms where solicitors would sexually abuse the minor, court records say.

Davis also gave the girl illegal drugs and consumed them with her and another minor female multiple times, prosecutors say.

Davis has been in custody since his arrest and will be transferred to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility in the near future, the U.S. Attorney’s Office statement says.

The Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas City bureau of the FBI, which are both part of the Human Trafficking Rescue Alliance, conducted the investigation.

hannah.dellinger@chron.com