Washington Man Receives 300-Month Sentence for Child Sex Trafficking

SPOKANE, Wash. — Jermaine Anthony McMillan received a 300-month prison sentence May 8, 2026, in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington after pleading guilty to one count of sex trafficking of a child, the Department of Justice announced.

The sentence applies to McMillan, who admitted to trafficking a minor for commercial sex acts. Under federal law the offense carries a mandatory minimum 15-year term and a maximum of life; the court imposed 25 years. The scope of the case centers on one identified victim, though federal child sex trafficking statutes cover any minor under 18 induced to engage in commercial sex.

McMillan must serve the full term without parole eligibility. Upon release he faces lifetime supervised release and mandatory sex-offender registration under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.

The sentence replaces the prior status of a defendant released pending sentencing. The judgment takes immediate effect with incarceration beginning at a Bureau of Prisons facility to be designated. The lifetime supervised release term begins the day McMillan leaves prison.

Downstream the ruling requires the U.S. Probation Office to oversee McMillan for life after incarceration, including restrictions on internet use, proximity to schools and contact with minors. The conviction automatically triggers inclusion in the national sex-offender registry, which state and local law enforcement must maintain and monitor.

Federal authorities will also conduct forfeiture proceedings tied to any assets linked to the trafficking conduct. The case forms part of the Justice Department’s ongoing prosecution of child sex trafficking offenses under 18 U.S.C. § 1591.

This sentencing follows a guilty plea entered in 2025. The Department of Justice has pursued similar child sex trafficking cases in the Eastern District of Washington throughout the past decade, with sentences frequently exceeding the 15-year mandatory minimum when victims are under age 14 or when force, fraud or coercion is documented.