For Immediate Release
January 23, 2025
 
FORT PIERCE, Fla. – A man FDLE arrested in Dec. 2022 pleaded guilty to two counts of human trafficking, one includes causing great bodily harm, permanent disability or permanent disfigurement and manslaughter.
 
On Jan. 13, Daniel Adam Rhodes, 44, was sentenced to 20 years in state prison. He will be required to register as a sex offender for life.
 
FDLE Commissioner Mark Glass said “There is no place for human traffickers within our state. FDLE agents work hard to remove these criminals who commit such heinous acts and endanger our communities. Together with the Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution, we continue the fight to stop traffickers and rescue victims before it’s too late. Florida is a law and order state and we will make sure these dangerous criminals are put away and pay for their crimes.”
 
The case was prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution.
 
Citizens can access Florida’s Sex Offender Registry by downloading the FDLE mobile app or visiting Sexual Offenders and Predators Search.
 
Initial Release: December 13, 2022
FDLE arrests man for human trafficking and manslaughter
 
FORT PIERCE, Fla. – Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested Daniel Adam Rhodes, 42, on felony charges of human trafficking causing great bodily harm, permanent disability or permanent disfigurement, and manslaughter. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
 
Rhodes is suspected of operating a multi-year human-trafficking ring out of a series of hotels and motels along the Treasure Coast. Rhodes advertised women for commercial sex over the internet.
 
FDLE’s investigation found that Rhodes supplied his victims with various drugs to coerce them into prostitution. He is suspected of injecting a lethal dose of fentanyl and cocaine into a 27-year-old sex trafficking victim in a Port St. Lucie motel room.
 
Rhodes is currently serving a prison sentence for selling methamphetamine and soliciting prostitution in Trenton, Florida, and was served with an arrest warrant on Monday. He was scheduled to be released before Christmas. Rhodes will now be transported to St. Lucie County, where he will be arraigned. He is being held without bond.
 
The case is being prosecuted by Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Office of Statewide Prosecution.
 
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