CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tony Drum has been sentenced on two accounts of sex trafficking of minors and two accounts of transporting minors across state lines for purposes of prostitution. Drum will also have a lifetime of supervised release upon completion of his sentence.
According to the filed court documents, Drum recruited and harbored two female minors, one of whom he met on social media and the other he met on a telephone chat service. The females are identified as “A.C.” and “D.W.” Drum drove across state lines and transported the girls to Charlotte for the purposes of prostitution.
The court documents state that a CMPDΒ officer located D.W. working on a Charlotte street and later identified her as a missing teen. Law enforcement later found A.C. sleeping in Drum’s car.
βDrum preyed upon young, vulnerable victims, and with the promise of food, shelter and security, he lured them to Charlotte with the intention of exploiting them for his financial benefit.”Β said Acting U.S. Attorney Jill Rose
Drum will remain in federal custody until he is designated a federal prison. All federal sentences are served without the possibility of parole.
