Enacted in 2016, Ohio Revised Code § 3701.034
requires the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) to ensure that all funds it receives through six
non-abortion-related federal health programs are not used to contract with any entity that
performs or promotes nontherapeutic abortions, or becomes or continues to be an affiliate of any
entity that performs or promotes nontherapeutic abortion... More...   $0 (04-18-2018 - OH)

Chicago, IL - Michigan Man Sentenced to 45 Years in Federal Prison for Violently Forcing Children to Engage in Prostitution

A Michigan man has been sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for violently forcing two children and a young woman to engage in prostitution.

FABRIEAL DELANEY, 32, brought some of his victims to the Chicago area from Michigan to perform sex acts for money.... More...   $0 (04-16-2018 - IL)

Seattle, WA - Seattle Area Man Sentenced to 33 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking Teens and Young Women

David D. Delay, 52, of Lynnwood, Washington, was sentenced on April 12, 2018 in a U.S. District Court in Seattle to 33 years in prison for his predatory and exploitive scheme to recruit young women and teens to prostitution for his own enrichment, announced Acting Assistant Attorney Ge... More...   $0 (04-12-2018 - WA)

The criminal complaint charged Hendricks with one
count of second-degree sexual assault of a child under the age
of 16. The charges stemmed from Hendricks taking his
girlfriend's 14-year-old niece to a park where he touched the
victim's chest over her clothes, tried to touch her breasts
under her clothes, rubbed her thighs, and touched her buttocks
over her clothes w... More...   $0 (03-29-2018 - WI)

Sacramento, CA - Mendocino County Woman Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking of a Minor

Monica Merlin Morales, 26, of Point Arena, pleaded guilty today to sex trafficking of a minor, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.

According to court documents, Morales and co-defendant Tion Makeise Foster, also of Point Arena, transported a 16-year-old girl to various places in the Eastern... More...   $0 (03-29-2018 - CA)

In September 1992, James Guzman was convicted for the August 10, 1991,
armed robbery and first-degree murder of David Colvin and was subsequently
sentenced to death for the murder conviction. On direct appeal, we reversed

1. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.


- 2 -
Guzman’s convictions an... More...   $0 (03-26-2018 - FL)

St. Louis, MO - St. Louis Man Sentenced on Sex Trafficking Related Charges

Sean McChord O’Donnell was sentenced to 60 months in prison and 3 years supervised release for charges of racketeering, involving the use of interstate facilities to promote prostitution occurring between November 2016 and January 2017.

According to court documents, in November 2016, O’Donnell travelled to... More...   $0 (03-19-2018 - MO)

Roanoke, VA - Salem Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking

A Salem man, who believed he was enticing a 15-year-old female to engage in prostitution while actually communicating online with an undercover Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy, pleaded guilty this week in U.S. District Court in Roanoke to a federal sex-trafficking charge. United States Attorney Rick A. Mountc... More...   $0 (03-14-2018 - VA)

Defendant-appellant, Ryan Miller,
entered into a written plea agreement with the government
and pleaded guilty to mail fraud affecting a financial institution,
in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341, and aggravated identity
theft, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1). Miller now
appeals on the grounds that the indictment failed to specify
2 No. 16-1679
proper means of iden... More...   $0 (03-07-2018 - IL)

Kansas City, MO - St. Louis Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking

a St. Louis, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a sex trafficking conspiracy.

Calvin Anthony Miller, also known as “Cerius Blacc,” 35, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to the charges contained in a Nov. 2, 2016, federal indictment. In addition to the conspiracy, M... More...   $0 (03-06-2018 - MO)

The overriding question in this
appeal is whether the district court appropriately denied an
offense-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility under the
sentencing guidelines. The answer to this question depends, in
large part, on whether the court appropriately found certain
conduct to be "relevant conduct" within the meaning of USSG §1B1.3.
Here, however, a procedu... More...   $0 (02-28-2018 - ME)

Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented Naperville Man Convicted of Violently Forcing Women into Prostitution

A federal jury February 21, 2018 convicted a Naperville man on sex trafficking charges for violently forcing women to engage in prostitution between 2007 and 2016.

BENJAMIN BIANCOFIORI, 38, used the promise of financial security to entice women into performing c... More...   $0 (02-21-2018 - IL)

Milwaukee, WI - Milwaukee Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Sex Trafficking

Terrell Shankle, a/k/a “King Relly” (age 40), of Milwaukee was sentenced on February 21, 2018 to 25 years in prison and 5 years supervised release for sex trafficking crimes. Shankle was found guilty after a federal jury trial on September 6, 2017, of five counts of sex trafficking a minor and sex tr... More...   $0 (02-21-2018 - WI)

Sioux Falls, SD - Sioux Falls Man Sentenced to 30 Months for Transportation for Illegal Sexual Activity and Related Crimes

A Sioux Falls, South Dakota man convicted of transportation for illegal sexual activity and related crimes was sentenced on February 8, 2018 by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.

Jerome Davis Kent, age 51, was sentenced to 30 months custody, 6 years of su... More...   $0 (02-12-2018 - SD)

Gainesville, FL - Gainesville Man Convicted of Sex Trafficking Crimes

After a three-day trial, Arthur Larange Lee Jr., 34, of Gainesville, was convicted on February 7, 2018 in the U.S. District Court in Gainesville of sex trafficking by force and use of a facility of interstate commerce to promote prostitution.

Lee abducted a drug-addicted woman from the parking lot of a Gaines... More...   $0 (02-08-2018 - FL)

Oxford, MS - Convictions of Human Trafficking in North Mississippi

Ricky Robertson a.k.a. “Slick Rick” and Ladarius Jackson, a.k.a. “Dee Don” were sentenced on sex trafficking charges before Chief District Judge Sharion Aycock in Federal Court in Oxford, Mississippi. Robertson previously entered a guilty plea on Count One of the Indictment – Sex Trafficking Conspiracy – in violation of T... More...   $0 (01-31-2018 - MS)

Darryl Core appeals from his conviction and sentence on one count of
promoting prostitution, a fourth-degree felony.
{¶ 2} In two related assignments of error, Core challenges the legal sufficiency and
manifest weight of the evidence to sustain his conviction. The record reflects that a jury
convicted Core of violating R.C. 2907.22(A)(2), which provides that no person shall More...   $0 (01-28-2018 - OH)

Plaintiff-appellant Erotic Service Provider Legal,
Education & Research Project; K.L.E.S.; C.V.; J.B.; and
John Doe (collectively, “ESP”) appeal the district court’s
dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. §1983 action. ESP claims that
Section 647(b) of the California Penal Code, which
criminalizes the commercial exchange of sexual activity,
violates: (1) the Fourteenth Amendment subs... More...   $0 (01-19-2018 - CA)

Michael Maynes raises various assignments of error arising from his trial and
convictions for four counts of sex trafficking by use of force, fraud, or coercion in
violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a) and one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking in
violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591(a) and 1594(c). For the reasons that follow, we affirm the
convictions.
I.
Michael Maynes w... More...   $0 (01-18-2018 - VA)

This case relates to the December14, 2014 robbery of William Majano. At the trial, the victim, a native of El Salvador, testified with the aid of a certified court interpreter that he had lived in Davidson County for eleven or twelve years. The victim said that he had known the Defendantas Jessica and for about three months at the time of the robbery. He said that they met in September 2014, wh... More...   $0 (01-08-2018 - TN)

Defendant Donald Clifton Allen, Jr., a self-proclaimed reality TV
star, thought that his television show about his life was going to make him rich. Instead, Allen
was convicted by a jury for prostitution and child pornography offenses and sentenced to 300
months in prison. He now challenges the denial of his motion to suppress evidence found during
the search of an apartment where ... More...   $0 (01-05-2018 - MI)

Appellant was charged by indictment with the offense of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, a third degree felony. Appellant pleaded “not guilty,” and the case proceeded to trial. At the conclusion of the trial, the jury found Appellant guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon as charged in the indictment, and assessed Appellant’s punishment at eight years of imprisonment. ... More...   $0 (12-28-2017 - TX)

In Appellant’s first issue, he argues that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction because there was insufficient evidence to prove that Appellant used force or that the victim was unable to comprehend or resist the assault. In his second issue, Appellant contests the constitutionality of Section 22.011(b)(4) of the Texas Penal Code, which he argues is unconstitutional both on its ... More...   $0 (12-28-2017 - TX)

Oxford, MS - Atlanta Residents Convicted of Interstate Trafficking of a Victim for Commercial Sex Purposes

A jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi has convicted two individuals of Transporting a Victim from Georgia to Mississippi to engage in prostitution. Following a two day trial in Oxford, Mississippi, a jury convicted Mario D. Collins of M... More...   $0 (12-27-2017 - MS)

Milwaukee, WI - Milwaukee Man Sentenced to 30 years in Federal Prison for Sex Trafficking

United States District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller sentenced Jaboree Williams (age: 31) to 30 years in federal prison for sex trafficking.

On September 1, 2017, a jury found Williams guilty of 18 counts related to sex trafficking, interstate transportation of a victim for purposes of prostituti... More...   $0 (12-27-2017 - WI)