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Anthem man gets 20 years in prison for child sex trafficking

He traded drugs for sex with underaged girls.

A Phoenix-area man accused of providing underage girls with heroin in exchange for sex has been sentenced to 20 1/2 years in prison.

The video above is from Longhini's arrest in 2016.

Maricopa County Superior Court officials say Ernest Longhini III of Anthem was sentenced Tuesday for child sex trafficking and involvement of minors in a drug offense.

He pleaded guilty in February to child sex trafficking, sexual abuse and other crimes.

County Sheriff's officials began an investigation in 2016 after receiving a tip about a man trading methamphetamine and heroin for sexual favors.

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They say the 33-year-old Longhini admitted to detectives that he had injected heroin into a total of three different under-aged girls on multiple occasions in exchange for sex.

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