Man receives 7-40 year sentence for human trafficking, prostitution crimes of minor in Warren

James Madison-Cranford, 30, of Warren, was sentenced to seven to 40 years for human trafficking a minor.

With the sentencing, Madison-Cranford must register as a sex offender upon discharge from the Michigan Department of Corrections.

Cranford pled guilty in May to:

• One count of human trafficking of a minor for commercial sexual activity
• One count of accepting earnings from prostitution
• One count of transporting a person for the purpose of prostitution
• One count of conducting a criminal enterprise
• Three counts of criminal sexual conduct, third-degree
• One count of assault by strangulation
• One count of assault with a dangerous weapon

Court documents say Madison-Cranford, who is currently incarcerated with the Michigan Department of Corrections and serving a sentence for one count of accepting earnings from prostitution, created an online account offering for sale sex with a minor, facilitated logistics for the dates for that minor, and took possession of the money paid to her.

Madison-Cranford allegedly forced her to perform sex acts on himself and threatened or used violence to get the minor to submit.