SHEBOYGAN (WITI) -- A federal judge sentenced Jason Guidry of Sheboygan on Friday, February 13th to 25 years in prison. Guidry was convicted on three sex-trafficking counts and one count of possession with the intent to distribute heroin. The sex-trafficking counts involved three separate females.
According to the Department of Justice, evidence introduced at Guidry’s sentencing showed that he controlled his group of victimized females by addicting them to heroin and then further induced their prostitution by manipulating and threatening to manipulate his supply of heroin to them.
United States Attorney James Santelle released the following statement in the wake of the sentencing:
Santelle also indicated this was the first federal conviction of a defendant in Wisconsin who used an addictive drug to control the trafficking activities of his victims.
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