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Related: About this forumColorado man sentenced to 300+ years for human trafficking
https://www.kktv.com/2020/10/15/colorado-man-sentenced-to-300-years-for-human-trafficking/#:~:text=(KKTV(%20-%20A%2030-,and%20then%20some%20in%20prison.Colorado man sentenced to 300+ years for human trafficking
By Lindsey Grewe
Published: Oct. 15, 2020 at 11:42 AM EDT | Updated: 19 hours ago
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - A 30-year-old Colorado man was just handed one of the longest sentences ever for human trafficking.
At 304 years, human trafficking and forgery ring leader Chauncey Price will spend the rest of his life and then some in prison. Douglas County District Court Judge Theresa Slade announced the sentence during a hearing Oct. 8, 10 months after Price was found guilty on 13 counts, including human trafficking for sexual servitude andcriminal attempt to commit pimping of a child.
During his trial, three of his victims recounted their nightmarish ordeal at his hands, forced into having sex with strangers for money that they then had to turn over to Price. The customers were found through ads that Price and his accomplices would place online, ads that offered up women and girls for sex.
Chauncey promised to take care of me, one of his victims said in a statement she read at the sentencing. "At first he paid for my drug habit and food and let me stay for free. But nothing is free. He threatened to kill my sister if I didnt work for him -- that is when he turned me out. He kept pushing me to sleep with more and more men, up to eight a day. I couldnt even use the bathroom without someone watching me. Once I didnt eat for three days.
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Colorado man sentenced to 300+ years for human trafficking (Original Post)
sl8
Oct 2020
OP
He could be out in 225 years with good behavior. He could do that standing on his head.
marble falls
Oct 2020
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CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)1. That's one hell of a time-out.
Thank you, Judge Slade.
marble falls
(61,778 posts)2. He could be out in 225 years with good behavior. He could do that standing on his head.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)3. Just as any Gomez Addams fan could.