INFORMATION ISSUED BY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ON MARCH 2: PIMP SENTENCED TO 36 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT ON PANDERING, PROCURING CHARGES

The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for the District of Columbia issued the following press release:

United States Attorney Kenneth L. Wainstein announced today that Dontae Reed, also known as Robert Ofoli, Jr., of no fixed address, was sentenced today by the Honorable Herbert B. Dixon, Jr. in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia to a total of 36 months imprisonment and $7000 in fines and court costs on Pandering and Procuring charges.

During the plea hearing on January 4, 2006, Reed admitted that he had been running a prostitution business in the District of Columbia during the spring, summer, and fall of 2005 with two young women working for him. Reed had been the pimp for one of the women for the past four years, and took her to numerous cities in the United States. During this period she worked for Reed and gave him her earnings. Reed met the other young woman in Colorado in 2005 and accompanied her to Washington, D.C., where she worked as a prostitute and gave her money to Reed. Reed used an internet website, advertisements in the Washington City Paper, and telephone referral services to market his prostitutes and to attract customers for them. Reed paid for attractive hotel rooms, wireless telephone services, and a rental car in order to make it easy for customers to contact the prostitutes and facilitate meetings between the prostitutes and the customers. Reed used a laptop computer to store and transmit digital images of high quality, glamour photographs of the prostitutes. During their several months in Washington, D.C., the prostitutes worked nearly every day of the week, sometimes earning over $1000 per night. When he was arrested, Reed was found with over $31,000 in cash.

In announcing today's sentencing, United States Attorney Wainstein praised the work of Metropolitan Police Department Detective Antonio Duncan, and Investigator John Marsh of the U.S. Attorney's Office, who investigated the case. Finally, he commended Assistant United States Attorney Alex J. Grant, who investigated and prosecuted the case. Contact: Channing Phillips, 202/514-6933.

Channing Phillips, 202/514-6933.