North Carolina man sentenced to 21 years in prison for sex trafficking a minor

(Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, Image credit: Facebook)

On Thursday, Dena J. King, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, announced that 31-year-old Milton Antonio Hasty, aka “Montana” of Salisbury, North Carolina, will be spending the next 21 years behind bars in federal prison – followed by a lifetime of supervised release.  The sentence was handed down after Hasty was convicted of sex trafficking a minor back on October 13, 2021.

“For over five months, Hasty caused an underage girl to engage in commercial sex acts for his own profit. He trafficked the young victim across four states and made her engage in sexual activity even when she was sick, exhausted, and hungry. Hasty’s lengthy sentence reflects the appalling nature of his crime.” ~ Dena J. King

Background:  Court documents revealed that from January 22, 2019 to June 5, 2019, Hasty sex trafficked an underage female, knowing the victim was a minor, for his financial benefit. Court documents show that Hasty met the victim through a mutual female acquaintance. Upon meeting the victim, Hasty took photographs of the victim, posted escort advertisements online, booked hotel rooms, and arranged the victim’s sexual encounters with customers.

For over five months, Hasty and the minor victim traveled to various cities throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia, where the victim engaged in commercial sex acts. Hasty set up sexual encounters for the minor victim twenty-four hours a day and seven-days a week. Hasty kept almost all of the money the victim earned from these commercial sexual encounters.

“One of the most important missions in the FBI is to protect our children,” said Special Agent in Charge DeWitt. “

That is one of the many reasons the FBI devotes a significant amount of resources to help sex trafficking victims recover from the trauma they suffer at the hands of ruthless people like Hasty.  [Thursday’s] sentence is a stark warning, there is a harsh punishment for those who choose to sacrifice another person’s civil rights and freedom for their own profit.”

(Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of North Carolina)
(Cover booking photo of Milton Antonio Hasty, Image credit: MCSO)

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