A federal court jury has convicted a 57 year old man from Oglala of Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet and Commercial Sex Trafficking.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Gordon Weston was indicted by a federal grand jury in September of 2021.
Weston was employed as the Activities Coordinator at the Emergency Youth Shelter in Pine Ridge from 2009 to 2021. Weston commonly requested juvenile females who stayed at the shelter to be “friends” with him on Facebook after they had left the shelter. Weston contacted at least one juvenile female and offered her money and transportation in exchange for sexual encounters with him.
The guilty verdict was returned January 10th following a two-day trial.
The charges carry a maximum penalty of life in federal prison and/or a $250,000 fine, up to life on supervised release, and a $300 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. No sentencing date has been set.