Attorney General Ford Announces Sentencing of Reno Man for Attempt Sex Trafficking and Child Abuse or Neglect


January 29, 2021

Carson City, NV Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced that Cisco Lamont Neal, 37, of Reno, was sentenced to up to five years in prison for inducing a minor child to engage in prostitution. As a result of this sexual exploitation, the child endured physical and mental suffering. The crimes were committed between August and September, 2019.  

Second Judicial District Court Judge Kathleen Drakulich sentenced Neal to 24 to 60 months in the Nevada Department of Corrections for the crime of child, abuse, neglect or endangerment, a category “B” felony, and 24-60 months for the crime of Attempt Sex Trafficking, a category “C” felony.  Both counts will run concurrent to each other. Additionally, upon Neal’s release from prison, he will have to register as a sex offender.

“January is human trafficking month and there’s no better time to remind Nevadans victimized by human trafficking that my office is here to help,” said AG Ford. “This success in the courtroom should also remind those seeking to entrap members of our community that your crimes have not gone unnoticed and will be prosecuted.”

To report instances of human trafficking, call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline at 1-888-373-7888. The National Human Trafficking Resource Center is a national, toll-free hotline available to answer calls from anywhere in the country 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Individuals may also call the U.S. Department of Justice Hotline at 1-888-428-7581 or call the local authorities. For more information on human trafficking, the warning signs, and how you can help fight this epidemic, visit the Office of the Nevada Attorney General’s website here.

The investigation of this case was conducted by the FBI Northern Nevada Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force. The Attorney General’s Criminal Prosecution Division prosecuted this case.

The criminal Information against Cisco Lamont Neal is attached.  

      

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    NEAL, CISCO LAMONT 

    (Photo courtesy of the Reno Police Department)  

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