Date: 02-14-2017

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Case Number: 4:16-cr-00024-JED

Judge: John E. Dowdell

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma (Tulsa County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Trent Shore

Defendant's Attorney: Charles Robert Burton for Joshua Harring

Stephen Knorr for Tajuan Alexander

Allen Smallwood for Morgan Palmer

Cahterine DePew for Cheyenne Lynch

Description: 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.

Morgan Palmer, Tajuan Alexander, Steven Gonzalez, Latisha Perkins and Dawaune Allen were also charged in conjunction with the prosecution of Harring.

The following counts were filed:

Count: 1 Citation: 18:1594.F Offense Level: 4
18:1594(c)-CONSPIRACY TO ENGAGE IN SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD; 18:1594(d)-CRIMINAL FORFEITURE
Count: 2-3 Citation: 18:1591.F Offense Level: 4
18:1591(a)(1), 1591(a)(2), 1591(b)(2) and Section 2-SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD
Count: 4 Citation: 18:1591.F Offense Level: 4
18:1591(d) and Section 2-OBSTRUCTION OF THE ENFORCEMENT OF § 1591
Count: 1s Citation: 18:1591.F Offense Level: 4
18:1594(c)-CONSPIRACY TO ENGAGE IN SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD; 18:1594(d)-CRIMINAL FORFEITURE
Count: 2s Citation: 18:1591.F Offense Level: 4
18:1591(a)(1), 1591(a)(2), 1591(b)(2), and Section 2-SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD
Count: 4s-5s Citation: 18:1591.F Offense Level: 4
18:1591(a)(1), 1591(a)(2), 1591(b)(2), and Section 2-SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD
Count: 6s Citation: 18:1591.F Offense Level: 4
18:1591(d) and Section 2-OBSTRUCTION OF THE ENFORCEMENT OF § 1591
Count: 1ss Citation: 18:1591.F Offense Level: 4
18:1594(c)-CONSPIRACY TO ENGAGE IN SEX TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN; 18:1594(d)-CRIMINAL FORFEITURE
Count: 2ss Citation: 18:1591.F Offense Level: 4
18:1591(a)(1), 1591(a)(2), 1591(b)(2) and Section 2-SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD
Count: 3ss Citation: 18:1591.F Offense Level: 4
18:1591(a)(1), 1591(a)(2), 1591(b)(2) and Section 2-SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD
Count: 4ss Citation: 18:1591.F Offense Level: 4
18:1591(a)(1), 1591(a)(2), 1591(b)(2) and Section 2-SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD
Count: 5ss Citation: 18:1591.F Offense Level: 4
18:1591(d)-OBSTRUCTION OF THE ENFORCEMENT OF § 1591
Count: 6ss Citation: 18:924C.F Offense Level: 4
18:924(c)(1)(A)(i)-USE OR CARRY A FIREARM DURING AND IN RELATION TO CRIMES OF VIOLENCE AND A DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME

Outcome: Defendant pled guilty and faces up to 22 years in prison.

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