MINNEAPOLIS — A former cheerleading captain at a Minneapolis high school was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for prostituting a younger squad member and keeping the money for herself.

Montia Parker, 18, previously pleaded guilty to three prostitution-related counts. She was immediately ordered into custody, and must spend at least two years behind bars before she’s eligible for release. She must also register as a sex offender.

“You were the leader of an attempted high-school prostitution ring,” Hennepin County District Court Judge William Koch said at the sentencing hearing.

Parker admitted that last March she told a 16-year-old fellow cheerleader at Hopkins HS there was money through prostitution.

After the younger girl agreed, Parker placed an ad online, then took her to an apartment where the girl was paid to perform oral sex.