Brandon Lee Mon Johnson

A Tyler man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking children into prostitution over a seven-month period.

Brandon Lee Mon Johnson, 26, entered a guilty plea Monday in the 7th District Court to charges of trafficking of people, compelling prostitution of a child under 18 and sexual assault of a child, according to judicial records.

He was then sentenced to 40 years for the charges, and he will serve the sentences at the same time.

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