A California man nicknamed "Stac A Dollar" is facing federal sex trafficking and child ****ography charges in the case of a 16-year-old girl who was kidnapped during the Detroit Jazz Fest and taken on a cross-country sex tour.
Federal court records offer insight into the $32 billion global human trafficking industry in a case involving a girl who ended up being sold online for sex with customers while authorities in Michigan scrambled to find her.
Kevin Keys, 37, of Los Angeles, faces up to life in federal prison if convicted of crimes that include sex trafficking, transporting a minor for prostitution and producing child ****ography. A trial is scheduled Aug. 25 in U.S. District Court in Detroit.
The case dates to August 2014. That's when a 16-year-old girl from Detroit went missing after reportedly being lured to California by a man.
The girl disappeared Aug. 15, prompting Detroit Police to ask the public for help finding her. TV news stations broadcast reports about the girl's disappearance, which lasted for about four weeks.
The girl bounced between a few homes before meeting up with Keys and his cousin, apparently in Metro Detroit, prosecutors allege.
Keys did not know the girl's real name or age until seeing a broadcast report about her disappearance on Aug. 26. Soon after, Keys allegedly invited his cousin over to have sex with the girl "to see if she was any good," according to court records.
