Mother appeals the trial court’s termination of her parental rights to her children, A.B. and D.Y. She argues that the trial court abused its discretion by basing the termination decree on a Rule 11 agreement that is void because of mutual mistake. She also argues that the decree contains errors and terms not contained in the Rule 11 agreement and should be reformed. For the reasons that follow,... More...   $0 (03-03-2015 - TX)

This is an appeal out of Payette County from a judgment terminating the appellant’s parental rights in her child. We affirm the judgment of the magistrate court.
I.
Factual Background.
On August 15, 2012, Jane Doe’s three-year-old son was found wandering in a truck stop parking lot, where trucks were entering and leaving. He had walked from a recreational vehicle 1.9 miles away, wh... More...   $0 (02-26-2015 - ID)

LOS ANGELES, CA – A Long Beach man was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for running a sex trafficking operation that victimized young women who he forced to work as prostitutes.

Roshaun Nakia Porter, 39, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton to a sentence of 240 months in prison, which will be followed by 10 years of supervised release.

In additi... More...   $0 (02-20-2015 - CA)

SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Dallas man was sentenced Tuesday to 170 months in prison for transporting a minor to Bossier City, La., for prostitution.

Qualyn D. Mitchell, 31, of Dallas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote on one count of sex trafficking of a minor. He was also sentenced to five years of supervised rele... More...   $0 (02-19-2015 - LA)

LOS ANGELES, CA – A Long Beach woman pleaded guilty to federal charges of working with her son to prostitute a local runaway beginning when the girl was 15 and another young woman beginning when she was 18.

Sharilyn Kae Anderson, 46, pleaded guilty to conspiring with her son to engage in sex trafficking, an offense that carries a potential penalty of life in federal prison.

In ... More...   $0 (02-18-2015 - CA)

MEMPHIS, TN - U.S. Senior District Judge Jon Phipps McCalla sentenced Laron Matlock, age 33, of Memphis, TN, to 15 years of imprisonment for sex trafficking of a minor.

Matlock, with the assistance of a co-defendant, facilitated the travel for a sixteen year old minor to travel from Chicago, Illinois to Memphis in July 2012 for the purpose of prostitution. Matlock then transported the min... More...   $0 (02-18-2015 - IL)

United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced today that United States District Court Judge Rudolph T. Randa sentenced Milwaukee native and former Sheboygan resident Jason Guidry (age: 33) to 25 years imprisonment following Guidry’s conviction on three sex-trafficking counts and one count of possession with the intent to distribute heroin. The sex-trafficking counts involved three separate ... More...   $0 (02-13-2015 - WI)

MEMPHIS, TENN. – Today, U.S. Senior District Judge Jon Phipps McCalla sentenced Laron Matlock, age 33, of Memphis, TN, to 15 years of imprisonment for sex trafficking of a minor, announced Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee; Leslie R. Caldwell, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department's Criminal Division; and Todd McCall, Special Agent in Charg... More...   $0 (02-12-2015 - TN)

The petitioner, John Doe, appeals an order of the Superior Court (McNamara, J.) granting summary judgment for the respondent, the State of New Hampshire, on the petitioner’s declaratory judgment action, which sought a ruling that RSA chapter 651-B is unconstitutional, as applied to him, because it violates the prohibition against retrospective laws and the Due Process Clause of the New Hampshire... More...   $0 (02-12-2015 - NH)

Seattle, WA - A long-time Seattle area pimp was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 10 years in prison and 25 years of supervised release for Sex Trafficking of a Child, announced Acting United States Attorney Annette L. Hayes. DESMOND TREVAIN MANAGO, 26, pleaded guilty in September 2014, admitting that he forced a juvenile female to engage in prostitution in Washington, Idaho, Colorad... More...   $0 (02-05-2015 - WA)

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 28-year-old Scranton resident pleaded guilty today before Senior United States District Court Judge James M. Munley in Scranton, to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor.

According to United States Attorney Peter Smith, Sean Cantelmo admitted to conspiring with others to have a 17-year... More...   $0 (01-29-2015 - PA)

Fort Lauderdale, FL - The Department of Justice announced a sentencing and guilty plea for two members of a family run sex trafficking organization based in southern Florida. Rafael Alberto Cadena-Sosa was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joes E. Martinez to serve 15 years in prison and Carmen Cadena pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Jose Martinez for participating in a brutal ... More...   $0 (01-27-2015 - FL)

This is an appeal out of Payette County from a judgment terminating the appellant’s parental rights in her child. We affirm the judgment of the magistrate court.
I.
Factual Background.
On August 15, 2012, Jane Doe’s three-year-old son was found wandering in a truck stop parking lot, where trucks were entering and leaving. He had walked from a recreational vehicle 1.9 miles away, wh... More...   $0 (01-26-2015 - ID)

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JABAR GILLIAM was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 20 years in prison for trafficking a 16 year-old girl (the “Victim”) from Maryland to the Bronx and forcing her to engage in prostitution. GILLIAM was convicted of one count of sex trafficking of a minor by means of force, fraud or coer... More...   $0 (01-23-2015 - NY)

Tulsa County, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Custisha Damsey Crook with human trafficking in violation of 21 O.S. 748 which provides:

A. As used in Sections 748 and 748.2 of this title:

1. "Coercion" means compelling, forcing or intimidating a person to act by:

a. threats of harm or physical restraint against any person,

b. any act, scheme, plan, or pattern ... More...   $0 (01-23-2015 - OK)

El Paso, TX - A federal jury convicted four Folk Nation/Gangster Disciples members, one of whom was a former juvenile probation officer, of federal sex trafficking charges announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lind... More...   $0 (01-21-2015 - )

El Paso, TX - Maria Blake (aka “Jessica”, “Yvonne”), age 45, and her 45–year-old husband, Ronald, were sentenced to 30 months and six months in federal prison respectively inducing foreign or interstate travel for prostitution announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Acting Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Tom Hernandez and Federal Bureau o... More...   $0 (01-06-2015 - TX)

Tulsa County, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Robert Wayne Crow with sexual abuse of a child in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 which provides:

A. Any parent or other person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in child abuse shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by im... More...   $0 (01-06-2015 - OK)

This case raises two significant and unresolved questions of Nevada statutory and
common law. First, does a hyperlink to source material about judicial proceedings in an
online petition suffice for purposes of applying the common law fair report privilege?
Second, did Nevada’s anti-strategic litigation against public participation (“anti-SLAPP”)
statute, Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ ... More...   $0 (12-19-2014 - NY)

LAS VEGAS, NV – The owner of CLS Transportation, a Las Vegas, Nev. limousine company, has pleaded guilty to a federal racketeering charge for using the company to commit and promote criminal activities, including prostitution, drug trafficking, and financial fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.

Charles Horky, 54, of Las Vegas, pleaded ... More...   $0 (12-19-2014 - NV)

Key Largo resident and former overnight staff member of the Florida Keys Children’s Shelter was arraigned for his alleged role in sex trafficking of two minor female residents of the shelter.

Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, Katherine Fernand... More...   $0 (12-16-2014 - FL)

Tulsa County, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Phillip Jeffers Hudson, Jr., age 26, with three counts of child abuse in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5(A) which provides:



A. Any parent or other person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in child abuse shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not ... More...   $0 (12-16-2014 - OK)

WICHITA FALLS, Texas — A man who admitted transporting a woman from Wyoming and Colorado to Texas to engage in prostitution was sentenced this morning in federal court in Wichita Falls, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.

Matthew Ross Cummings, 24, most recently of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison by U.S. District Ju... More...   $0 (12-15-2014 - TX)

In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 133 S. Ct. 1659 (2013), the Supreme
Court held that, with very limited exceptions, the Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. §
1350 (“ATS”), does not apply extraterritorially to conduct that occurs outside the
United States. 133 S. Ct. at 1665. The actions that form the basis of this case
occurred far from the United States and many decades ago.... More...   $0 (12-12-2014 - NY)

Mr. Tarran Brinson was charged with various offenses involving
trafficking in child prostitution. At trial, the prosecutor presented expert
testimony on the operation of child prostitution rings, testimony by three
men who had sex with a prostitute, and evidence consisting of electronic
messages. Mr. Brinson was convicted and he appeals, requiring us to
address six issues:
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