Sioux Falls man gets 27 years in federal prison for sex trafficking

Odarie Massia, 34, was sentenced Monday, according to a news release Tuesday from the United States Attorney's Office – District of South Dakota. His sentence will be followed by five years of supervised release and a special assessment of $100 to the federal Crime Victims Fund. He was found guilty in March after a three-day trial.

“Odarie Massiah went to great lengths to keep this victim engaged in prostitution,” U.S. Attorney Alison Ramsdell said in the release. “He manipulated her, he physically assaulted her and he used the money she earned from prostitution to support himself. Massiah's conviction and subsequent sentence demonstrate the commitment of our office to seek justice on behalf of the victims of these reprehensible crimes. We do this work alongside our local and federal partners, whose persistence in identifying and investigating sex trafficking makes our communities safer.

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The incidents occurred between July 1, 2020 and September 24, 2022, according to the release. It was then that Massiah recruited the victim and forced her into prostitution.