Sun: Glen Burnie Man Sentenced 10 Years for Child Sex Trafficking

According to the Baltimore Sun, a Glen Burnie man was sentenced to 10 years in prison when the court accepted a plea agreement where Derwin Samuel Smith, 43, pleaded guilty to the trafficking and prostitution of a 12-year-old girl.

The sentence also includes 20 years of supervised release, the Sun reported.

Smith after members of the Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force found the 12-year-old girl, who had been reported missing and was believed to be involved in prostitution, at a motel in Maryland City.

According to the state's attorney's account of the plea agreement, The girl called a relative from the motel room and an investigation revealed that the motel room was registered to Smith, the state's attorney's office said. After officers arrived at the motel room, the child said that Smith told her that he would be back later that evening to have sex with her.

According to the state's attorney's office, the girl was taken to police headquarters and said Smith was the person who picked her up on the street in Washington, D.C., paid for sexual services performed in the backseat of his car and recruited her to work for him as a prostitute.

According to the statement of facts, Smith then drove the girl to Atlantic City, NJ, where Smith told her to have sex with men for money over the weekend. The girl said she gave Smith all of the money she earned.

Read the full account of Smith's sentencing: weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/blog/2011/05/glen_burnie_man_gets_10_years.html.