(Omaha, NE) -- An Omaha man is sentenced to decades in prison for sex trafficking.
Federal prosecutors say earlier this week, 25 year old Dalonte Foard was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for conspiracy to sex traffic a minor and sex trafficking of a minor. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After his release from prison, Foard will be on supervised release for life and will be required to register as a sex offender.
Prosecutors say the evidence at trial showed that in September 2020, two Omaha foster children went missing from their foster home. Investigators say Foard had picked up the two girls, aged 16 and 17, and driven them to a hotel where co-defendant Thomas Holbert posted online advertisements promoting the minors for commercial sex acts. Prosecutors say the following morning, Foard sexually assaulted one of the minors to “break her in” and then posted a new online commercial sex advertisement for her. A man responding to Foard’s ad came to the hotel and Foard waited on the stairs in the hallway while the man paid $60 to engage in a sex act with the victim. After the man left, Foard took $50 of the $60 paid to the victim.
“It is our hope that today’s sentencing will send a strong message to all of those who want to line their pockets through the sexual exploitation of children,” said acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Kansas City Shawn Gibson. “These individuals and their associated criminal organizations have been put on notice. We, alongside our partners at the Omaha Police Department, are doing everything possible to disrupt and dismantle the greedy criminal networks you’ve established, and will continue protect the children in our community from harm.”