Truck Driver Sentenced to Federal Prison for Agreeing to Transport Women for Prostitution

In Waco today, 28-year-old Anthony Wayne Farrior of Paducah, KY, was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for agreeing to transport women for prostitution announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.

In addition to the prison term, United States District Judge Walter S. Smith, Jr. ordered that Farrior pay a $1,000 fine and be placed on supervised release for a period of three years after completing his prison term.

On July 2, 2015, Farrior pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Mann Act.  By pleading guilty, Farrior admitted to using the Internet and a cell phone in March 2015 to facilitate the promotion or execution of a prostitution scheme.  According to court records, in February 2015, while seeking to have sexual relations with women at a truck stop in Waco, Farrior answered an advertisement placed by an undercover officer. During subsequent communications with the undercover officer, Farrior noted that he was a truck driver who traveled all over the country.  Ultimately, Farrior agreed to transport and oversee women working as prostitutes at various truck stops in exchange for a portion of the money they earned for sex acts.  Authorities arrested Farrior upon his arrival at a truck stop in Waco on March 6, 2015, where he previously had agreed to have sex with prostitutes and oversee them working at the truck stop for the evening.

This case was investigated by the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office.  Assistant United States Attorney Mary Kucera prosecuted this case on behalf of the Government