Norwalk Man Pleads Guilty to Pimping a 14-year-old

A 23-year-old Norwalk man admitted in federal court Tuesday that he knowingly prostituted a 14-year-old girl. He faces a minimum mandatory 10-year prison sentence.

Theodore "PeeJaye" Briggs, 23, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport to one count of transporting an individual under the age of 18 with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.

A U.S. Attorney's Office news release on Tuesday said that court documents and statements made in court provide the following account of what Briggs did:

"In pleading guilty, Briggs admitted that, in November and December 2010, he knowingly prostituted a minor female victim. At the time, the girl was 14-years-old. 

"Briggs and others transported the minor victim from Connecticut to New York and Atlantic City, N.J., to engage in prostitution. As part his prostitution enterprise, Briggs posted photographs of the minor victim on a website known as Backpage.com.

"Briggs kept most, if not all of the proceeds that the victim earned for engaging in sex acts with men."

Briggs is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 13 by the same judge who heard his guilty plea on Tuesday, Janet C. Hall. He faces a maximum possible prison sentence of life in prison.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alina P. Reynolds and Krishna R. Patel are prosecuting the case.

U.S. Attorney David B. Fein said in a news release, “I want to commend ICE [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement], Homeland Security Investigations and the Norwalk Police Department for their vigilance in investigating this heinous criminal activity.”