Galt, Sacramento suspects arrested by Feds on child sex trafficking charges

Two suspects fom the Sacramento region were recently taken into custody after a federal grand jury issued incictments at the U.S. District Court in Sacramento.

Eva Symone Christian, 22, of Sacramento, was arrested on June 14, and Robert Pierre Duncan, 24, of Galt, was arrested by FBI agents on May 31. Duncan and Christian are charged in a two-count indictment, unsealed on June 14 that was returned by a federal grand jury in Sacramento on May 30, charging them with conspiring to engage in sex trafficking, and sex trafficking of a child. 

  

According to court documents, between September and October 2018, Duncan and Christian recruited, transported, harbored, and maintained a minor victim, knowing that the minor would be caused to engage in prostitution. 

This case was the product of an investigation by the FBI, California Department of Justice, Sacramento Police Department, Sacramento Sheriff’s Department, and the Oakland Police Department. 

If convicted Duncan and Christian are convicted of trafficking they face a maximum statutory penalty of life in prison, and a $250,000 fine. If convicted of sex trafficking of a child, Duncan and Christian face a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years in prison and a maximum statutory penalty of life in prison, and a maximum fine of $250,000.

Duncan and Christian are in custody at the Sacramento County Jail and are not eligible for bail.