San Bernardino County, Calif. man sentenced to 10 years in prison for sex trafficking 16-year-old girl

June 7, 2024 – SAN DIEGO – On Thursday, Deondre Demetris Porter of Victorville, California, was sentenced in federal court to 10 years in prison for sex trafficking a 16-year-old girl who was physically assaulted and thrown from a moving car during an escape attempt.

Porter was indicted by a federal grand jury in May 2023 along with co-defendant Aaliyah White. Porter pleaded guilty in February 2024 to one count of sex trafficking of a minor. The victim had been recruited by Porter just three days before the attack, which occurred on Easter Sunday in April 2023.

During this short period, Porter trafficked the minor victim, transporting her from Victorville to San Bernardino and then to San Diego. In San Diego, Porter had the minor engage in commercial sexual activity in hotel rooms and also travel along Roosevelt Avenue in National City to attract buyers of commercial sexual services. White assisted Porter in monitoring the minor victim's commercial sexual activity.

On April 9, 2023, the San Diego Police Department received a 911 call and witness reports that a young girl had been thrown from a vehicle, half-dressed, and beaten. Due to her injuries, the juvenile victim was immediately transported to a hospital where she was treated and questioned by officers from the San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force. The victim immediately identified Porter and White as her attackers and sex traffickers.

The investigation determined that the vehicle in which the victim was beaten, stripped of some of his clothing and ultimately ejected, belonged to Porter. Further investigation uncovered commercial sexual advertisements posted by Porter advertising the minor victim, as an adult, for commercial sexual purposes on the Private Delights and MegaPersonals websites. After communicating with sex buyers in response to advertisements about the minor victim, Porter directed the victim to have sex with the buyers in San Diego. Hotel surveillance video also confirmed Porter's trafficking of the minor victim.

“This child was exploited, assaulted, and thrown from a moving car, and yet she still found the courage to report her attackers,” said U.S. Attorney Tara McGrath. “His courage, combined with the work of an exceptional team of agents and prosecutors, brought this defendant to justice.”

“This lengthy sentence demonstrates HSI’s commitment to identifying a callus predator and saving a child victim of continued abuse,” said Acting Special Agent in Charge Christopher Davis. “Alongside our partner agencies, HSI will continue to dedicate resources to combating human trafficking. »

“San Diego law enforcement remains dedicated to rescuing survivors of sex trafficking, as well as aggressively prosecuting those responsible for these crimes,” said San Diego Police Chief David Nisleit. “This case is the culmination of the tireless work of the San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force and the United States Attorney’s Office. This survivor suffered lifelong damage at the hands of the defendant. We must never forget the impact on vulnerable people in these kinds of cases. The San Diego Police Department will continue to dedicate necessary resources to our pursuit of justice and public safety.

Co-defendant Aaliyah White is scheduled to be sentenced on June 10, 2024.

If you are living or working under threat of violence or extortion, or suspect someone else might be, call the toll-free National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline 24/7: CALL: (888) 373-7888 or TEXT BeFree or 233733.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Derek Ko and Lyndzie M. Carter.

DEFENDANTS File number 23-cr-0955-AGS

Deondre Demetris Porter Age: 26 Victorville, California

SUMMARY OF FEES

Sex Trafficking of a Minor – Title 18, USC, Section 1591(a) and (b)(1)

Maximum penalty: Up to life in prison and a fine of $250,000; Mandatory minimum sentence of ten years

AGENCY

San Diego Police Department

San Diego County Probation Department

Homeland Security Investigations

San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force

California Department of Justice
Source: DOJ press release