A Toledo, Ohio, man was sentenced to 8 years in prison for his role in a nationwide prostitution operation that authorities say forced children as young as 12 to have sex at truck stops, hotels and brothels.
Deric Willoughby, 40, pleaded guilty in 2006 to conspiracy and interstate transportation of minors for prostitution, U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Murphy said.
Co-defendants Brandy Shope and Jennifer Huskey pleaded guilty earlier to the same charges and were both sentenced to 6 years and 6 months in prison. A fourth defendant, Richard Lamar Gordon, was sentenced to 5 years for transportation of a minor for prostitution.
