Kevin Lamont Beal of San Diego was sentenced today to 188 months in prison for sex trafficking of underage girls and adult females. Beal’s sentencing comes after a long criminal past involving state convictions for pimping and pandering from 2012 through 2019.
The complaint filed against Beal in April 2021 charged him with knowingly coercing and enticing a teenage girl to engage in commercial sex acts. In January 2022, Beal pleaded guilty to federal charges. He admitted to transporting underage girls and women and providing them to customers for commercial sex acts between December 2016 through August 2018.
Beal used force against the adult female by striking her multiple times in the face causing serious bodily injuries. He used a combination of force and coercion to cause the adult female to engage in commercial sex acts. Prosecutors also accused Beal of using his cellular telephone to entice and coerce an underage girl (while she was 16 and 17 years old) for the purpose of having her engage in commercial sex acts and prostitution in San Diego County and elsewhere. Beal continued to communicate with her by text message and through social media for almost two years.
As part of his guilty plea, Beal also admitted that he recruited, transported, and provided another underage girl (while she was 16 and 17 years old) to engage in commercial sex acts and prostitution. He instructed this underage girl to meet with customers, commonly referred to as “johns,” by walking the street, commonly referred to as the “blade” (an area known for prostitution activities).
Beal’s sentencing comes at a time when sex trafficking is a serious issue in San Diego. 'No city is immune from traffickers seeking to entice and coerce underage and adult victims to engage in sex trafficking,” said U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman, who thanked the prosecution team and members of the San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force for their excellent work on this case. Special Agent in Charge Stacey Moy stated that “these criminals can only be stopped with the collaboration of our law enforcement partners and the public” and reaffirmed the FBI's commitment to stopping sex traffickers.
Beal, along with his severe prison sentence, will also be required to serve a 10-year term of supervised release, register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, and pay a $5,000 mandatory penalty assessment per the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act. Additionally, U.S. District Judge Todd W. Robinson ordered the criminal forfeiture of a blue, 2015 Maserati Ghibli, $2,420 in U.S. currency, and other personal luxury items by Gucci and Versace. These personal luxury items were previously ordered as restitution to one of Beal’s trafficking victims in May 2022.
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