North Lauderdale Man Kerby Brown Jr Sentenced for 30 Years

Publish date: 2024-05-03

In North Lauderdale, a 26-year-old man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for trafficking minor girls for s*xual purposes. 

A five-year supervised release sentence was also imposed on him.

Kerby Brown Jr. was convicted of conspiring, trying, and committing s*x trafficking of a minor. 

A federal jury found him guilty on Aug. 11, 2022, following a four-day trial. Three girls aged 14, 15, and 17 were involved in the incident.

In May 2019, Hollywood Police arrested Brown for coercing a 14-year-old runaway into prostitution, according to Local 10 News archives.

According to investigators, some of the minors were runaways, and Brown would lure them for a free room, then force them to sell themselves for s*x to contribute to the cost of keeping them.

The United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of Florida released details about the offenses that were committed in connection with these cases.

At a hotel party in November 2018, he recruited three minor girls for commercial s*x work. 

One of those minors was 14 years of age when Kerby Brown successfully posted an advertisement for a commercial s*x advertisement online that attracted at least one of those minors. At the time, Minor Victim 1 was a runaway.

Brown trafficked 15-year-old minor victim 2 between January and February 2019.

As with Minor Victim 1, she was a runaway when Brown recruited her. In order to lure minor victim 2, he offered her a free place to stay. 

Later, Brown forced her to perform commercial s*x in order to contribute to the costs. In Orlando, Fla., he drove minor victim 2 to engage in commercial se* acts with strangers. 

Then, he drove minor victim 2 back to Fort Lauderdale, where she continued to perform commercial s*x acts.

A minor victim 2 testified at trial that she gave Brown the money directly, who used the girl’s explicit photos to advertise the encounters.

A voice recording from the trial shows Brown discussing Minor Victim 2 with an 18-year-old female co-conspirator.

An undercover officer arrested Brown as part of a s*x trafficking operation in May 2019.

It was discovered by law enforcement that Brown was driving a car that contained a 17-year-old girl.

In addition to a cell phone and a purse that contained condoms, the girl had no other items with her.

In partnership with Hollywood Police Department and Fort Lauderdale Police Department, the FBI’s Crimes Against Children Human Trafficking Task Force investigated the case.

To combat the growing epidemic of child s*xual exploitation and abuse, the Department of Justice launched Project Safe Childhood in 2006.

Call 888-373-7888 if you suspect human trafficking, text “BeFree” (233733) or chat live at HumanTraffickingHotline.org for information about resources for victim

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