Hartford Man Sentenced In Sex Trafficking, Child Porn Case

HARTFORD, CT — A local man is facing 15 years in prison for sex trafficking and child pornography charges, according to a statement from federal prosecutors. Christopher Hamlett, aka "Cadi" and "Cadillac Black," 26, was found guilty in October of two counts of sex trafficking of a minor, five counts of using a facility of interstate commerce to promote commercial sex, and two counts of production of child pornography.

Federal prosecutors said that Hamlett recruited two minor female victims to engage in prostitution at hotels in Hartford and Wethersfield in 2017. Hamlett took sexually explicit photographs of each minor and submitted them to the website Backpage to solicit clients.

Hamlett began to recruit a 17-year-old minor into prostitution during their first meeting. He agreed that the minor victim could keep 60 percent of the money she made from prostitution customers, and he would take 40 percent, according to prosecutors.

The evidence at trial included text messages in which Hamlett told the minor victim how much to charge, and threatened the victim when he thought she had not given him his full share of the money.

The trial evidence also showed that Hamlett facilitated the prostitution of a second minor victim who was then 16 years old, using Facebook Messenger to send her clients and explain particular sexual acts.

Hamlett also posted Backpage advertisements for an adult woman who worked for him in prostitution, according to prosecutors.

This matter was investigated by the Hartford Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nancy V. Gifford and Sarala V. Nagala.