Monday, Aug. 31, 2015 | 2:16 p.m.
BISMARCK, N.D. — A Nevada man arrested during an anti-human trafficking investigation in North Dakota has pleaded guilty to a lower charge.
KXMB-TV reports Steven Ezeofor has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of promoting prostitution. He has been ordered to spend 60 days in jail.
Ezeofor was arrested in December at a Bismarck motel where he and a woman were staying. The woman told police she was a prostitute. Authorities say Ezeofor had over $13,000 with him and the woman had $3.
Ezeofor, of Carson City, Nevada, originally faced a human trafficking charge.
The incident was uncovered by police who say they found an advertisement on a website frequented by human traffickers and prostitutes.
Authorities say Ezeofor will serve the 60-day sentence at the same time he is in jail for a separate crime.
