Two N. Texas Men Plead Guilty to Sex Trafficking

Two North Texas men have been pleaded guilty to sex trafficking charges involving teenage girls.

A prosecutor on Thursday announced that Craig Jerome Gadley Jr. and Joshua Alexander Smith, both of Mansfield, entered their pleas the day before in a federal courtroom in Fort Worth.

Gadley pleaded guilty to one count of sex trafficking a minor, a 16-year-old lured into prostitution. The 22-year-old Gadley faces 10 years to more than life in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Smith, who's 24, pleaded guilty to one count of sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion related to the case of a 19-year-old girl who became a prostitute. Smith faces 15 years to more than life in prison and a $250,000 fine.

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