Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – BRIAN KEITH HICKS (“HICKS”), age 27, was charged in an unsealed four-count Indictment, announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle. Count 1 charges HICKS with Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1591(a)(1), (a)(2), and (b)(1). Counts 2 and 3 charge HICKS with being a Felon in Possession of Firearms, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1), 924(a)(8), and 2. Count 4 charges HICKS with Obstructing the Enforcement of Sex Trafficking Laws, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1591(d).