Assistant U.S. Attorney Melissa Marangola, who is
prosecuting the case, stated that between 2006 and 2007, Frederick Evans
transported a minor victim from Rochester to New Orleans, Louisiana. The minor
victim engaged in prostitution activities and gave the proceeds to the
defendant.
In 2010, a 15 year-old minor victim was looking for a place
to live when she met Frederick Evans who convinced the minor to engage in
prostitution activities. Frederick Evans, who advertised the minor victim on
Backpage.com., would have the minor victim engage in these activities along
with his then-girlfriend Lashara. The
minor and Lashara Evans would prostitute at a residence in Rochester, as well
as at hotels in Syracuse, Watertown and Buffalo. Lashara Evans paid for the
hotel rooms on occasion and the minor victim would give a portion of the money
she earned from prostituting to Lashara Evans who would, in turn, give it to
Frederick. Frederick used the money to pay rent and the bills for the residence
where the prostitution activities took place in Rochester.
On December 17, 2011, Lashara Evans and Frederick Evans
transported both the minor victim and another minor victim to a hotel in the
Elmira area in order to engage in prostitution.
Frederick Evans will be sentenced on November 2, 2017, at
9:15 a.m. Lashara Evans will be sentenced on November 6, 2017, at 9:15
a.m. Both sentencing’s will be before
Judge Siragusa.
The pleas are the culmination of an investigation on the
part of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special
Agent-in-Charge Adam S. Cohen.
