United States of America v. Jamar Greeter, Jada Hasty and Khloe Gregory

Wilmington, Delaware, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with sex trafficking a minor.

Jamar Geeter, 38, of California. contacted the minor victim through social media. When the victim told Geeter that she had a difficult home life, Geeter promised to help her and convinced her to travel from her home in North Carolina to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Once the victim arrived, she was picked up Jada Hasty, 29, of Pennsylvania, and Khloe Gregory, 21, of Tennessee. Geeter—who was incarcerated in California following a prior conviction for sex trafficking two minors—spoke to the victim over the phone. At that time, the victim learned that Geeter intended to force her to prostitute herself for Geeter’s financial benefit. Geeter, Hasty, and Gregory exerted control over the victim, including by destroying her personal phone and taking possession of her social-security card and birth certificate. Geeter also made various threats of violence towards the victim and her family if the victim left or did not otherwise comply with their rules. As a result, the victim engaged in prostitution in Delaware and gave the proceeds to Hasty and Gregory, at Geeter’s direction and for his ultimate benefit. Eventually, the victim was able to get away from Hasty and Gregory and ask a stranger to contact 911, at which point the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Delaware Violent Crime and Safe Streets Task Force and the Delaware State Police intervened.

Geeter, Hasty, and Gregory have been charged with sex trafficking of a child; conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking; and transportation of a minor for prostitution. If convicted on all charges, the defendants face a maximum term of life imprisonment with a mandatory minimum term of 15 years. Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after taking into account the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

“The alleged criminal conduct in this case is depraved: three adults are charged with preying on an unusually vulnerable child and subjecting her to both sexual exploitation and threats of physical violence,” said U.S. Attorney Benjamin L. Wallace. “We thank our law-enforcement partners at the FBI and DSP for the excellent investigative work that brought us to the point of charging. We now look forward to proving our case and getting justice for the victim in court.”

“I am proud of the diligent work of the FBI’s Delaware Violent Crime and Safe Streets Task Force and Delaware State Police which resulted in saving a young girl who was ruthlessly lured into human trafficking,” said FBI Baltimore SAC Jimmy Paul. “These arrests and prosecutions not only show the power of our partnerships here in Delaware, but the breadth and reach of the FBI as this investigation spans five states from North Carolina to Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and California. We will find and fully hold accountable anyone abusing our children.”

The ongoing investigation is being conducted by the FBI. Assistant U.S. Attorney Claudia L. Pare is prosecuting the case.

The charges contained in the criminal complaints are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.