A 50-year-old man accused of prostituting a teenage girl on an online escort site and brandishing a gun last year because her friends visited the San Bruno condominium where she was being kept received four years in prison and registration as a sex offender.
David Blackwell, of San Francisco, pleaded no contest in November to felony pandering and assault by force and was released on $500,000 bail with the warning that any new crimes would void the plea deal. On Monday, Blackwell was sentenced to prison for the negotiated term of four years with credit for 222 days. He was immediately taken into custody.
As part of the plea deal, other charges of pimping a minor and assault with a firearm were dropped. Counts of human trafficking and kidnapping were dismissed for insufficient evidence after a preliminary hearing earlier this year.
According to prosecutors, Blackwell marketed the girl on the escort review website MyRedBook.com. He allegedly allowed the 17-year-old girl to come and go but she was required to check in and out with him and be “available on a moment’s notice to service clients.”
Prosecutors say, on April 1, 2012, Blackwell flashed the weapon because she had friends over to the condominium, which was against his rules.
The victim was uncooperative with Blackwell’s prosecution and only testified at the preliminary hearing after her own attorney was appointed.
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