KENTUCKY
The Pioneer News
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
LOUISVILLE – United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. today announced the 30-year sentence, of an Oldham County, Kentucky, man by Chief District Judge Joseph H. McKinley Jr., in United States District Court, for aiding and abetting the sex trafficking of a minor. There is no parole in the federal prison system.
“Howard Chambers subjected this young girl to repeated sexual abuse,” stated U.S. Attorney John Kuhn. “Acting with unfathomable selfishness, he chose to traumatize a child in favor of his own self-gratification. The goal of my office was to obtain the maximum sentence of incarceration that insured Chambers would never touch another child. I do want to thank the law enforcement officers and our prosecutor who worked tirelessly together in the investigation of these crimes. I want the public to know we are doing everything in our power to protect the most vulnerable members of our community.”
Howard Key Chambers, 65, and co-defendant Christopher Kosicki helped each other to carry out the sex trafficking of a child. Chambers, a former youth choir leader at an Oldham County church, admitted to travelling to Kosicki’s home in Louisville, to engage in sexual activity with a 10-year-old turned 11-year-old child, between six and eight times, from 2013 until August 2014. The two helped each other entice, harbor, provide, obtain, and maintain a person that had not attained the age of 14 years who was caused to engage in commercial sex acts. Commercial sex acts include any sex act, on account of which anything of value is given to or received by any person. On several occasions, Chambers gave Kosicki money after engaging in sexual activity with the child (age 10 and then 11). On at least one occasion, Chambers admitted to giving money directly to the child after engaging in sexual activity with her. Additionally, on one occasion, Kosicki photographed Chambers engaging in sexual activity with the child.
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