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Justice Department · Sunday, October 18, 2026

Three people charged in a Delaware trafficking case

The File desk · Oct 18, 2026, 11:30 AM UTC

Status

Confirmed as the Justice Department's Friday release. The charges are allegations. The release, as opened, does not cite a statute section.
  • Confirmed
    An indictment unsealed in Delaware charges Jamar Geeter, Kalvin Carter Jr., and Jada Hasty with conspiracy to sex-traffic minors.
  • Confirmed
    The release says Geeter and Hasty are also charged with producing child sexual abuse material.
A federal indictment unsealed in Delaware charges three people with conspiring to sex-traffic children. The Justice Department named Jamar Geeter, Kalvin Carter Jr., and Jada Hasty.1
Geeter is 39 and from San Francisco. Carter is 44 and from Waldorf, Maryland. Hasty is 29 and from Coatesville, Pennsylvania. The counts include conspiracy, sex trafficking, and coercion and enticement of a minor. Geeter and Hasty are also charged with producing images of the abuse.2
The FBI's Baltimore office said Geeter, already a convicted sex trafficker, kept directing the abuse from behind bars.

Notes

  1. 1.Justice Department, Oct. 16, 2026. Three people charged in the District of Delaware with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor by force, fraud, and coercion, sex trafficking, and coercion and enticement of a minor. Jamar Geeter, 39, of San Francisco; Kalvin Carter Jr., 44, of Waldorf, Maryland; Jada Hasty, 29, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Geeter and Hasty also charged with producing child sexual abuse material. U.S. Attorney Benjamin L. Wallace for the District of Delaware. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-people-charged-conspiracy-commit-sex-trafficking-minors-and-related-charges
  2. 2.Same release. Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva spoke of four victims, including three children. FBI Baltimore special agent in charge Jimmy Paul said Geeter continued directing abuse from behind bars. Charges are allegations; defendants are presumed innocent.

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Primary sources

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  1. Source 1

    Three people charged with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors

    U.S. Department of Justice · October 16, 2026

    Jamar Geeter, 39, of San Francisco; Kalvin Carter Jr., 44, of Waldorf, Maryland; and Jada Hasty, 29, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, are charged in an indictment unsealed in the District of Delaware.

    https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-people-charged-conspiracy-commit-sex-trafficking-minors-and-related-charges