Newark, NJ - Associate Of Decavalcante Crime Family Admits Distribution Of Cocaine, Running A Prostitution Operation & Possessing Weapon As Convicted Felon

An associate of the DeCavalcante crime family of La Cosa Nostra today admitted his role in distributing more than 500 grams of cocaine, running a prostitution operation and possessing a shotgun as a convicted felon.

Anthony St... More...   $0 (08-19-2015 - NJ)

ROANOKE, VIRGINIA – A Franklin County man, who forced a local woman to engage in prostitution through the use of physical violence and threats, pled guilty today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke, United States Attorney Anthony P. Giorno announced.

Tremayne Rontae Kirby, 25, of Franklin County, Virginia, pled guilty today to one count of r... More...   $0 (08-18-2015 - VA)

These appeals arise from the prosecution of two members of an enterprise engaged in interstate prostitution. Following a two-week trial, a jury convicted Appellants Kevin Garcia Fuertes (“Fuertes”) and German de Jesus Ventura (“Ventura”) of conspiracy to commit, and commission of, a number of sex trafficking and related offenses. On appeal, Fuertes and Ventura make four assertions of error, two in... More...   $0 (08-18-2015 - MD)

Rochester, NY - Woman Pleads Guilty To Sex Trafficking Using Coercion

Kasandra Weeks, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to sex trafficking using coercion, before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $250,000 fine.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Melissa Marangola, who is handling the case, stated that be... More...   $0 (08-13-2015 - NY)

Bismarck, ND - Eight Circuit holds that attempted sex trafficking of minor does not require an actual minor

After he was arrested in an undercover sting operation conducted by law
enforcement, Zachary Wolff was charged by Indictment with one count of attempted
sex trafficking of a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591 and 1594. Wolff filed
a motion to dismiss the Indictment,... More...   $0 (08-11-2015 - ND)

Concord, NH - Dorchester Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Transport An Individual For Prostitution

Enoc Ayuso, 26, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, appeared in United States District Court on Thursday and pled guilty to conspiring to transport an individual in interstate commerce for prostitution, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Donald Feith.

In February of 2014, the Hom... More...   $0 (08-07-2015 - NH)

We review de novo a claim of insufficient evidence and assess the evidence “in the light
most favorable to the prosecution to determine whether any rational trier of fact could have
found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.” United States v.
Campbell, 549 F.3d 364, 374 (6th Cir. 2008) (citing United States v. Grubbs, 506 F.3d 434, 438
(6th Cir. 2007)... More...   $0 (08-07-2015 - OH)

Rochester, NY - Rochester Man Pleads Guilty To Sex Trafficking Charge

Otis Willis, Jr., 33, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $250,000 fine. The plea was entered during the trial of this case.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys... More...   $0 (08-06-2015 - NY)

Plaintiff Sheldon Stephens appeals the dismissal of his claims against Defendant Kevin Clash for injuries resulting from the parties’ sexual relationship while Stephens was underage, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422, 18 U.S.C. § 2423, and state law. The District Court dismissed Stephens’s claims as untimely. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm.
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Because the District Court dismiss... More...   $0 (08-05-2015 - PA)

In this appeal, we must determine whether the warrantless
search of a room in a casino hotel, where the police reasonably
believed an armed robbery had recently occurred, violated the
Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article
I, Paragraph 7 of the New Jersey Constitution. Fearing that
another victim or victims might be injured or held hostage in
... More...   $0 (08-04-2015 - NJ)

Portland, ME - Two Individuals Plead Guilty to Transporting an Individual with the Intent that She Engage in Prostitution

Shawna Calhoun, 24, of Lewiston, Maine and Alvin Houston, Jr., 27, of Auburn, Maine pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Portland to transporting an individual in interstate commerce with the intent that she engage in prostitution.

Court records reve... More...   $0 (07-29-2015 - ME)

Dallas, TX - Dallas Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Sex Trafficking Teenage Runaways -
Defendant Must Also Pay One Victim $136,000 in Restitution

A Dallas man who pleaded guilty in February 2015 to sex trafficking a 17-year-old runaway was sentenced this morning, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.

Ladestro Douglas, a/k/a ... More...   $0 (07-29-2015 - TX)

HAMMOND, IN - Douglas D. Jackson Found Guilty By Jury Trial

Douglas D. Jackson, 26, of South Bend, Indiana, was found guilty on July 16, 2015, after four-day jury trial, of six counts of sex trafficking a minor and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

According to the evidence presented at trial, Jackson transported a minor female to Atlanta, G... More...   $0 (07-26-2015 - IN)

Salt Lake City, UT - The State of Utah charged John Martin Carrell, age 62, with 33 counts of first-degree felony aggravated sexual abuse of child for molesting two minor girls. Carrell drove a school bus for the Canyon School District. The State alleged that Defendant sexually abused the two special needs students at Altara Elementary School. They were five years old when the offenses allegedly ... More...   $0 (07-25-2015 - UT)

CHICAGO — A West Side man who forcefully recruited three underage girls into the commercial sex trade and then profited from their activities was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in federal prison.

ARNELL CHASE MISHER, 31, of Chicago, enticed three girls – ages 13, 16 and 17 – to engage in sex acts for money during the summer of 2012. Misher admitted in a plea agreement that he helped to pr... More...   $0 (07-24-2015 - IL)

Following a bench trial, the trial court signed a judgment terminating the parent–child relationship between J.T.D. (“Mother”) and her four minor children:
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D.L.D., L.L.S., J.J.S. and H.N.S.1 On appeal, Mother presents two issues. She claims that the evidence was not legally or factually sufficient to support the trial court’s judgment, and she alleges that the trial court engaged in misc... More...   $0 (07-23-2015 - TX)

Sioux Falls, SD - Milwaukee Man Sentenced for Transportation for Prostitution

A Milwaukee, Wisconsin, man convicted of Transportation for Prostitution was sentenced on July 16, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.

Jaquon Duckworth, age 23, was sentenced to 10 months in custody, followed by 2 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $100 to the Federal Crime Vic... More...   $0 (07-21-2015 - SD)

SAN JOSE – Justin Everett Crutchfield and Demontae Terrell Toliver pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to posting information about a minor on the internet to solicit prostitution customers, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David Johnson.

In pleading guilty, Crutchfield and Toliver both admitted that on or about June 18, 2013, they posted... More...   $0 (07-21-2015 - CA)

TALLAHASSEE, FL – Christine Thurman, 29, of Tallahassee, was sentenced to 126 months in prison, to be followed by 20 years of supervised release, for sex trafficking of a minor and conspiracy to transport a minor for prostitution. During her guilty plea on January 15, 2015, Thurman admitted that, between November 2013 and May 2014, she knowingly conspired with others to transport an individual les... More...   $0 (07-16-2015 - FL)

At the time of his arrest, Nappi and his wife had been married for 36 years,
of which time he spent 26 years in prison after his conviction for an unrelated
crime. (Trial Tr., New York v. Nappi, 09‐037, at 254 (Feb. 23, 2010) (“Trial Tr.”).)
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Upon his release, Nappi returned to live with his wife; but since they “really
weren’t that close” anymore, they slept in separate... More...   $0 (07-15-2015 - NY)

New Orleans, LA - Timothy Jones, a/k/a “Lucci,” “King Lucci,” “Lucci Loco,” age 25, of Memphis, was charged in an eight-count Indictment for offenses related to his involvement in the sex trafficking of two minor into the New Orleans area for the purposes of those minors engaging in prostitution.

According to the Indictment, in early December 2013, JONES met and began recruiting Victim 1... More...   $0 (07-10-2015 - LA)

AMARILLO, TX — An Amarillo man appeared in federal before U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson and pleaded guilty to an indictment charging one count of attempted sex trafficking of a child.

Deswan Newsome, 19, faces a statutory penalty of not less than 10 years and up to life in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. A sentencing date was not set.

According to plea documents file... More...   $0 (07-09-2015 - TX)

DALLAS, TX — A Dallas man who facilitated his 16-year-old girlfriend’s commercial sex acts appeared in federal court and pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney to one count of sex trafficking of children, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.

Trenton McLemore, 29, faces a statutory maximum penalty of not less than 10 years an... More...   $0 (07-07-2015 - TX)

SAN DIEGO, CA – Lamar Moore, a.k.a. “El Brivv,” a.k.a. “Briv,” a twenty-four year-old resident of San Diego, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for trafficking two minor girls for commercial sex.

In February 2014, Detectives Chris Haughey and Eric Drilling, members of the San Diego Police Human Trafficking Team, rescued a 17-year-old girl from Moore at a local motel. They then arrested... More...   $0 (07-06-2015 - CA)

This case most centrally concerns the question of when an employer may be held liable for a hostile work environment created by an anonymous actor. Renee Pryor, an African-American flight attendant, alleges that her employer, United Airlines, failed to adequately respond to a racist death threat left in her company mailbox. The district court concluded that Pryor was subjected to a racially hostil... More...   $0 (07-01-2015 - )