BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A Texas man and an Arizona man were sentenced to life in prison after an Ascension Parish jury convicted them of charges related to a human trafficking investigation.
According to the 23rd Judicial District Attorney’s Office, Jayden Hodge, 21, of Dallas, and Antonio Jackson, 23, of Phoenix, were found guilty on March 5 of two counts of human trafficking – victim under the age of 21 and one count of human trafficking – victim under the age of 18.
Officials stated that, in September 2024, a missing 13-year-old was found after Texas investigators found information online indicating that the child was being prostituted in Gonzales. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Louisiana State Police partnered and found the girl and two other women under the age of 21…