A 39-year-old Dublin man is headed to prison for pimping out women he met on Backpage.com
According to the US Department of Justice, Jesse Lee Hall Jr. pleaded guilty back in May to the seven charges – five counts of transportation for illegal sexual activity, one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, and one count of inducement to travel for illegal sexual activity.
The first victim in Hall’s case was found by law enforcement at a Macon hotel in June 2016.
She told them he was her pimp and they met online, where he convinced her to move from Ohio to Georgia.
The victim was then forced to perform sex acts in hotels all across Central Georgia.
While the Bibb Sheriff’s Office was investigating the case, they found Hall was trafficking other women, who told investigators they were threatened by Hall.
The victims also told investigators that Lantesia Lanier, also from Dublin, knew about the pimping ring.
Hall was sentenced to 20 years in prison and five years of supervised release.
Lanier was sentenced to 1 year in prison and one year of supervised release.
