By Jaymes Langrehr
Mar 1, 2021 5:11 PM
MADISON, Wis. The U.S. Department of Justice says a Madison man is being convicted of 10 federal crimes related to the sex trafficking of minors.
32-year-old James Coney was convicted in federal court Monday after four days of testimony and five hours of deliberation by a jury.
Among the convictions were guilty verdicts on 4 counts of sex trafficking a minor, 1 count of sex trafficking a minor by force, 1 count of attempted sex trafficking a minor and 4 counts of transporting a minor from Wisconsin to Illinois for the purpose of prostitution.
The DOJ says Coney used ads on the now-defunct web site Backpage to arrange “dates” for a number of minors, collected money and instructed the minors on what to do during the “dates.” All six of the minor victims testified during Coney’s trial.
Madison man found guilty of sex trafficking minors to Illinois
A jury returned the verdicts against 32-year-old James Coney after deliberating for five hours Monday.
The U.S. District Attorney s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin announced the decision in a press release.
Coney was found guilty of four counts of sex trafficking a minor, one count of sex trafficking a minor by force, one count of attempted sex trafficking a minor, and four counts of transporting a minor from Wisconsin to Illinois for the purpose of prostitution.
The jury found that between May 2017 and March 2018, Coney trafficked five minors and tried to traffic a sixth.
Jury Convicts Madison Man of Sex Trafficking Minors
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MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that James Coney, 32, Madison, Wisconsin, was found guilty today of 10 counts related to sex trafficking of minors. The jury reached its verdict after five hours of deliberation following four days of testimony in U.S. District Court in Madison.
Coney was found guilty of 4 counts of sex trafficking a minor, 1 count of sex trafficking a minor by force, 1 count of attempted sex trafficking a minor, and 4 counts of transporting a minor from Wisconsin to Illinois for the purpose of prostitution.
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