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Council Bluffs Woman Sentenced for Transportation of a Minor

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February 11th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa said today (Friday), 24-year-old Diamond Marie Logan, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on February 8th to 120 months in prison for Transportation of a Minor. Logan’s term of imprisonment will be followed by five years of supervised release. According to court documents, Logan pleaded guilty to the charge on September 7, 2021. Her sentence was handed down in Council Bluffs U-S District Court.

On November 18, 2020, two teenage girls ran away from a residential group home located in Omaha. They first went to a home in Omaha but were later picked up by Logan who then drove the girls to her house in Council Bluffs. On December 2, 2020, the FBI located one of the teenagers in Omaha who then assisted in locating the second teenager. The two girls disclosed that Logan posted them on an online website for purposes of prostitution.

The FBI searched through the online website and found that between October and December 2020, Logan posted numerous ads for prostituting the girls. Logan arranged prostitution at her home in Council Bluffs and also drove one of the girls from Council Bluffs to Omaha for the purpose of engaging in prostitution.

United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The Council Bluffs Police Department, Omaha Police Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the case. This case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Offices for the Southern District of Iowa.