Man, 27, sentenced to mandatory life in prison in human trafficking of 2 girls

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A 27-year-old West Palm Beach man has been sentenced to two mandatory life sentences for human trafficking of two 15-year-old girls in 2020 as part of the Palm Beach County Trafficking Task Force.

Cheridon Edgar also was sentenced to 38 years for four counts of lewd and lascivious battery and deemed as a sex offender. Circuit Court Judge Scott Suskaurer sentenced him on March 12 after a jury convicted him on Jan. 22 in West Palm Beach.

Detectives from the task force began an investigation on June 5, 2020, into two girls engaging in sexual activity with an adult male, identified as Edgar, in exchange for cash money and items of monetary value.