Warren man to serve at least 7 years in prison for human trafficking in Oakland County – Macomb Daily

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James E. Madison-Cranford PHOTO BY MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

A 30-year-old Warren man was sentenced Tuesday to seven to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty last month to human trafficking for commercial sexual activity and several other charges for incidents in Southfield.

James Madison-Cranford received the sentence from Oakland County Circuit Judge Cheryl Matthews on charges including conducting a human trafficking enterprise, sex trafficking of a minor, accepting income from prostitution, transporting a person for the purpose of prostitution, three counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct. , assault by strangulation and assault with a dangerous weapon, according to the Michigan Attorney General's Office.

Madison-Cranford is already serving a five- to 40-year prison sentence for a 2022 sentencing for accepting prostitution earnings in Madison Heights.

The high number of convictions will likely impact his chances of parole after serving the minimum sentence.

Madison-Cranford created an online account in 2017 offering sex with a minor for sale, facilitated the logistics of “dates” for the minor and took possession of the money paid to her, they said. state officials said in a press release. He also forced her to perform sexual acts on him and threatened or used violence to get the minor to submit.

“Human trafficking is a pervasive and horrific problem everywhere, and tragically, Michigan is no exception,” state Attorney General Dana Nessel said in the release. “But it is also a severely punishable criminal offense, and I am grateful to the Court for imposing a significant sentence in this case.” My office, through our work on the National Human Trafficking Commission and in our prosecutions, remains committed to holding traffickers and those who exploit children accountable to the fullest extent of the law.

This case was initially investigated by the FBI's Southeast Michigan Trafficking and Exploitation Crimes Task Force.

For more information on human trafficking in Michigan, visit the Human Trafficking Initiative and the Michigan Human Trafficking Commission.

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