Man sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually exploiting, trafficking minors [Video]

CINCINNATI — A Cincinnati man convicted in federal court of sexually exploiting and trafficking minors will spend 40 years in prison, according to Kenneth L. Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio.

Kelly Richards, 43, will also face a lifetime of supervised release if he ever gets out of prison, a press release from Parker’s office said.

Richards was found guilty in April after a six-day trial; he’d faced five different counts and was convicted on all.

Parker said Richards deserves to spend the next 40 days in prison.

“Richards drugged, raped, abused, photographed and sold two teenage girls,” said Parker in a press release.

Parker said the minors were held for days in a one-bedroom apartment in Cincinnati while they were abused physically and sexually by Richards and other men. Richards also had multiple guns in the home that he was not allowed to possess, Parker said.

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