Two local truck drivers face charges related to commercial sex trafficking of a child.

54-year-old Tony Eugene Wardlow of St. Joseph, and 48-year-old Thomas Farrell of DeKalb were charged in a six-count indictment announced Wednesday by US Western District attorney Tammy Dickinson.

The federal indictment alleges that Wardlow caused a child to engage in prostitution between Aug. 1, 2011 and Sept. 30, 2011. Wardlow is also charged with enticing a minor to engage in prostitution and transporting a minor across state lines for prostitution.

Farrell is charged with enticing the victim to engage in prostitution and transporting the victim across state lines.

Wardlow is a registered sex offender who was convicted in Nodaway County of sexual misconduct involving a minor and endangering the welfare of a child. Wardlow is also charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Wardlow is self-employed as a commercial truck driver, doing business as Prideco, LLC. Farrell is also self-employed as a commercial truck driver, doing business as Farrell Trucking & Hay, LLC.

According to the announcement, Wardlow allegedly pointed out rivers as he transported the child victim across the country and told her that if she ever told law enforcement, he would dump her body in those rivers.