Judge sentences Detroit man for human trafficking crimes; Co-Defendant sentenced earlier

Mount Clemens, Mich. – Macomb County Prosecutor Peter J. Lucido announced that Aaron Streety, 41, of Detroit, was sentenced by a Macomb County Circuit Court judge after pleading no contest in June 2026, to three criminal charges involving human trafficking. 

The charges against Streety and his co-defendant, Bernard Harris, 25, also of Detroit, stem from an incident on November 3, 2023, when a human trafficking victim escaped from the two men after they forced her to perform sex acts with multiple men in exchange for money at a hotel in Warren.

On Wednesday, July 1, 2026, Judge Kathryn A. Viviano sentenced Streety to the following concurrent terms in the Michigan Department of Corrections:

• Human Trafficking – Subjecting a Person to Forced Labor or Debt Bondage Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury: 7 to 20 years
• Human Trafficking Enterprise Resulting in Injury or Commercial Sexual Activity: 7 to 15 years
• Human Trafficking – Forced Labor Resulting in Injury or Commercial Sexual Activity: 7 to 15 years

Streety was ordered to have no contact with the victim. 

In June 2025, Harris pleaded no contest in Macomb County Circuit Court to one count each of 

• Human Trafficking Enterprise Resulting in Injury or Commercial Sexual Activity
• Human Trafficking – Forced Labor Resulting in Injury or Commercial Sexual Activity
• Prostitution/Pandering. 

On March 5, 2025, Judge Viviano sentenced Harris to 108 to 240 months in MDOC for the human trafficking case and to the same term concurrently on a separate case involving First-Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct. He is also serving four years related to a federal count of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in the Upper Peninsula and northern Michigan. 

Harris is subject to lifetime registration on the Sex Offender Registry and was ordered to have no contact with the victims.

Under Michigan law, sentencing decisions are made solely by the court. The prosecution presents its recommendations and arguments, but the final sentence is determined by the judge.

Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Darrian Fortier represented the People at the sentencing of Streety and Harris. 

“While no sentence can undo the harm the victim endured, I hope there is some measure of comfort in knowing that the defendants are being held accountable and will spend years behind bars. Our office remains committed to standing with survivors, pursuing justice, and protecting our community from those who seek to profit by exploiting others,” said Macomb County Prosecutor Peter J. Lucido.

The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office represents the People. We are committed to achieving justice and following the laws of the State of Michigan. All individuals who are accused of a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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