Texas man gets 36 years to life in prison for human trafficking in Colorado

A Texas man convicted on human trafficking charges in Colorado could spend the rest of his life in prison according to court records Arapahoe County District Court Judge Joseph Whitfield sentenced Kenneth Noel on Friday to years to life in prison according to a news release from the th Judicial District Attorney s Office An Arapahoe County jury ascertained Noel guilty in February on four felony charges attempted human trafficking of a minor human trafficking of an adult pimping and child sexual assault court records show Whitfield sentenced Noel to years in the Department of Corrections for attempted human trafficking of a minor years for human trafficking of an adult to be served consecutively and years for pimping to be served concurrently th Judicial District Attorney Citizens Information Officer Eric Ross stated Together that s years in prison The judge also gave Noel an indeterminate sentence of years to life for the child sexual assault conviction which leaves Noel s release up to a parole board according to court records Noel was arrested in June when a Colorado State Patrol trooper pulled his car over on Interstate for driving in the left lane with no traffic In Colorado drivers on I- should stay in the right lane unless passing another car or avoiding a hazard Two -year-old girls in the car advised the trooper they were traveling to Las Vegas to work as strippers but he noticed they were headed in the wrong direction the release stated When the trooper continued to ask questions one of the girls informed him that Noel had sexually assaulted her Investigators linked Noel to multiple human trafficking operations including online sexual advertisements that exploited another woman in the car who was driving at the time of the traffic stop The sex ads appeared in cities across the country according to the news release Related Articles Fort Collins man arrested on suspicion of kidnapping Aurora woman after -mile car chase Man arrested on suspicion of murder in fatal Brighton stabbing Man connected to -victim Colorado Springs shooting turned himself in police say NPR Colorado stations sue Trump administration over executive order to cut funding to society media Colorado man charged with attempting to firebomb U S embassy in Tel Aviv Sadly human trafficking is a multi-billion-dollar industry in the United States Chief Deputy District Attorney Jacob Kremin stated in the release Statistics show that casualties who are subjected to human trafficking at or years old will likely not live to see their st birthday if they don t escape this illegal enterprise Anyone can overview suspected human trafficking to Colorado s designated hotline by calling - - or texting HELP to - - Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day