Judge sentences Naperville pimp to 30 years

Following his 2018 conviction on federal sex-crime charges, prosecutors say a violent, manipulative Naperville pimp declared, "The streets haven't seen the last of me."

But Thursday, nearly four years after a jury found Benjamin Biancofiori guilty of a sex trafficking conspiracy and other crimes, U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber handed down a sentence designed to take him off the streets for decades - 30 years in prison.

Still, the sentence left Biancofiori with a smile on his face. Prosecutors wanted him put away for life.

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