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A former Baltimore City police officer will spend the next 21 months in prison for running a prostitution business that included him pimping out his 19-year-old wife.Lamin Manneh, 33, was sentenced Thursday in federal court for running a prostitution ring across state lines.Mobile users, tap here for videoU.S. attorney Rod Rosenstein told 11 News that Manneh's 21-month sentence fits the crime."It represents the significance of the crime. Mr. Manneh was a police officer who was a disgrace to the police force," Rosenstein said.According to an indictment, between February and May 2013, Manneh ran a prostitution business with more than 300 customers. He got his 19-year-old wife and another 19-year-old woman to work for him as prostitutes.Investigators said Manneh wrote, paid for and posted more than 50 prostitution ads for the two women on internet websites. He also rented an apartment and hotel rooms for clients."Often prostitutes are not in the business voluntarily. It's not a glamorous profession. It's a dangerous profession, and anybody like Mr. Manneh who facilitates that, who serves as a pimp, deserves to be held accountable," Rosenstein said.While some agreed with Manneh's sentence, others like city resident Lorraine Haywood said he should have gotten a tougher one."I feel as though he should have gotten more time because of the crime that he did. Pimping out his own wife, and he's a police officer? How are we supposed to look up to him?" Haywood said. "He is supposed to be above the law. He's supposed to be protecting us, and he's not."Court documents revealed that Manneh carried his police-issued weapon and agreed to forcibly interrupt a sex interaction if the client became aggressive or non-compliant. Manneh collected all of his wife's earnings and a percentage of the other woman's money, too.Rosenstein said it was a case of one officer who violated his oath."You hate to see cases where a police officer or any law enforcement officer violates the law because it depreciates people's respect for the organization," Rosenstein said.After Manneh serves his 21 months in prison, he will have to serve two years of supervised release.11 News reporter Karen Campbell wrote this article