Robert Damien Thornton was convicted of multiple counts of
rape, sodomy, and sexual abuse of a twelve-year-old victim, B.Z. On
appeal Thornton challenged a pair of evidentiary rulings made by
the district court. He argued that the district court erred in admitting
evidence of his past misconduct under Utah Rule of Evidence 404(b)
and in precluding him from questioning the victi... More...   $0 (02-24-2017 - )

Portillo was charged with attempted sexual battery under sections 794.011(5)
and 777.04(1), Florida Statutes (2013). The charge required proof that Portillo
intended to digitally penetrate the victim’s vagina. See Lakey v. State, 113 So. 3d
90, 91 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013). The adult victim testified that while visiting her
mother’s home, Portillo, who lived with the victim’s mothe... More...   $0 (02-24-2017 - FL)

Sanchez, who was born in Mexico, arrived in the United States with his parents as
a minor in 2005. In 2012, he applied for and received Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals (“DACA”), a program under which noncitizens who come to the United States as
children can receive a limited deferral from removal proceedings. See Consideration of
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ... More...   $0 (02-23-2017 - MN)

Hammond, IN - Federal Jury Convicts on Sex Trafficking and Involuntary Servitude Charges

Rita Law, 58, of Chicago, Illinois, and Crystal Wireman, 32, of Lake Station, Indiana, were found guilty following a 3-week jury trial.

The jury rendered guilty verdicts on all counts against Defendant Rita Law. Law was initially charged in October 2013 with transporting a woman in interstate... More...   $0 (02-15-2017 - IN)

Tulsa, OK - Pimp Pleads Guilty To Leading Child Prostitution Ring

The United States of America charged Joshua Lavel Harring, a/k/a "Maniak," with child sex trafficking and conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking. Defendant and five other people was selling underage females. Harring was also charged with using and/or carrying a firearm during the commission of a violent felony.

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Marsh allegedly sexually assaulted three of his granddaughters, C.S., E.M., and
S.O., between 2005 and 2007. The children ranged in age from four to seven years old at
the time of the alleged assaults. Two forensic interviewers from Blue Sky Bridge
Advocacy Center (“Blue Sky”) interviewed each of the three granddaughters, as well as
a fourth granddaughter, A.S., who was fifte... More...   $0 (02-07-2017 - CO)

Jesus Elizalde Berriozabal was convicted by a jury of one count of rape, one count of attempted rape, and two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy. Berriozabal was sentenced under Jessica's Law. On appeal, Berriozabal's convictions were affirmed but his sentences were vacated. Our Supreme Court remanded for resentencing. At the resentencing, the trial court denied Berriozabal's motion for durati... More...   $0 (02-06-2017 - KS)

Sioux Falls, SD - Man Sentenced for Prostitution Transportation

A Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Transportation for Prostitution was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.

Eric Sims, age 47, was sentenced to 21 months in custody, with 5 years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

Sims was indic... More...   $0 (01-30-2017 - SD)

Missoula, MT - Missoula Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking and Racketeering

Roam Savage Chandler, 22, of Missoula, Montana, pleaded guilty today in Missoula federal court to sex trafficking of a minor and racketeering charges. He faces a mandatory prison sentence of ­­­­­­10 years to life in prison for the trafficking count and up to five years for the racketeering charge. U.S. District... More...   $0 (01-30-2017 - MT)

At the plea hearing, appellant pled no contest to the charge of prostitution with three or
more priors. Before the hearing, appellant signed the appropriate plea paperwork, which stated,
in part, “[i]f the Court rejects the plea agreement, the Defendant shall be permitted to withdraw
the plea of guilty/nolo contendere and no statement or other evidence received during such hearing ... More...   $0 (01-29-2017 - TX)

Las Vegas, NV - Man Who Was Arrested During "Operation Protect The Powerless" Sentenced To 13 Years For Transporting Two Girls From Nevada To California To Work As Prostitutes

A Las Vegas man arrested in 2014 as part of “Operation Protect the Powerless,” a joint law enforcement operation to catch child predators in southern Nevada, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Andrew P. Gord... More...   $0 (01-29-2017 - NV)

Boise, ID - Boise Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Sex Trafficking of a Minor

Michael Wayne Wade, 31, of Boise was sentenced to 240 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for sex trafficking of a minor. Wade pleaded guilty on August 16, 2016.

According to the plea agreement, agents with the Idaho Department of Probation and Parole arrested Wade for a felony prob... More...   $0 (01-29-2017 - ID)

The facts upon which the petitioner‟s conviction was based are set out in the opinion of this court on the direct appeal:
[The petitioner‟s] trial began on May 10, 2010. The victim‟s sister Roxanna Wayman testified that Ms. Hulbert [the victim] had a history of drug and alcohol addiction, and Ms. Wayman was aware that Ms. Hubert [sic] was engaging in prostitution at the ti... More...   $0 (01-27-2017 - TN)

K.W., the complainant, moved to Houston in 2013 when she was seventeen
years old and began engaging in prostitution in southwest Houston. A few weeks
after K.W. moved to Houston, she met appellant, and shortly after she met him, he
became her pimp. K.W. worked for appellant as a prostitute for a little over a month
before she decided to stop working for him. According to K.W... More...   $0 (01-22-2017 - TX)

After the trial court denied his motion to suppress evidence, appellant
Tremayne Alexander Johnson (Johnson or Appellant) pleaded guilty to one count
of possession of a controlled substance (namely cocaine) in the amount of four
grams or more but less than 200 grams with intent to manufacture/deliver, one
count of manufacture or possession of a controlled substance (namely
... More...   $0 (01-18-2017 - TX)

Defendant was convicted of two counts of child endangerment under ORS 163.575(1)(b), which prohibits knowingly permitting a minor “to enter or remain in a place where unlawful activity involving controlled substances is maintained or conducted.” The issue in this case is whether that statute is violated when a person knowingly possesses drugs in a container—here, a purse—while in a car with two ch... More...   $0 (01-03-2017 - OR)

Minneapolis, MN - Minneapolis Man Convicted of Trafficking Three Girls for Commercial Sex and Producing Child Pornography of Two Girls

Deuvontay Shelby Charles, age 21 , who was originally indicted on March 7, 2016, in the District of Minnesota, for sex trafficking three minor girls and for producing and receiving child pornography of two minor girls was convicted by a jury. The jury retu... More...   $0 (12-30-2016 - MN)

On September 22, 2008, a jury convicted Williams of aggravated trafficking of a person under 18 years of age, a severity level 1 person felony, in violation of K.S.A. 213447(a)(2). On January 16, 2009, the district court sentenced Williams to a downward durational departure sentence of 246 months' imprisonment.

Williams filed a direct appeal contending that K.S.A. 21-3447(a)(2) is uncon... More...   $0 (12-27-2016 - KS)

San Diego, CA - North Park Gang Member Sentenced for Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Sex Trafficking of Minors and Adults

A member of a North Park-based criminal street gang was sentenced for participating in a racketeering enterprise involving sex trafficking of minors, robbery and drug sales.

Tony “Lil’ Play Doh” Brown was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John A. Houston to ... More...   $0 (12-26-2016 - CA)

Louisville, KY - Kalamazoo, Michigan, Man Convicted Of Sex Trafficking And Interstate Transportation For Prostitution

David Q. Givhan, aka “Premier,” 34, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was convicted by a jury of one count of sex trafficking and three counts of interstate transportation for prostitution.

“Forcible sex trafficking is effectively a form of modern day slavery,” stated Unit... More...   $0 (12-23-2016 - KY)

Fayetteville, AR - Fort Smith Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Sex Trafficking of a Child

Lance Bradley Williams, aka “Crush, aka “Lil’ Crush”, age 24, of Fort Smith, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison followed by five (5) years of supervised release and ordered to pay a $3,600 fine on one count of Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking of a Child.

Ac... More...   $0 (12-21-2016 - AR)

Houston, TX - Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Trafficking

A Houston man pleaded guilty to one count of sex trafficking of children.

Deangelo Tate, 27, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Gray Miller of the Southern District of Texas in Houston.

According to admissions made in connection with his guilty plea, between Jan. 13, 2015, and March 16, 2015, Tate p... More...   $0 (12-17-2016 - TX)

Late in February 2012, Aaron Coleman’s mother reported him missing. Coleman’s car was soon found outside of Meridian. . . . [S]everal more days passed before Coleman’s body was discovered in the woods near Interstate 20. Coleman was last seen alive on February 27[, 2012,] at Jordan’s house. When questioned, Jordan confirmed [that] Coleman had stopped by that day. . . . Jordan told the Meridian Pol... More...   $0 (12-16-2016 - MS)

The relevant facts follow. A Strafford County grand jury indicted the defendant on seven charges relating to the victim’s October 2012 death. The State charged two alternative-theory counts of first degree murder, one alleging
a purpose to kill and the other alleging a knowing murder while committing felonious sexual assault.

The central disputed issue at the defendant’s trial c... More...   $0 (12-14-2016 - )