Miami, FL - Two Defendants Plead Guilty in Multi-Million Dollar Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme Involving Sober Homes and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Centers

Two owners of sober homes and alcohol and drug addiction treatment centers pled guilty for their participation in a multi-million dollar health care fraud and money laundering scheme that involved the filing of

Buffalo, NY - Buffalo Man Sentenced On Sex Trafficking Charges

Anthony Thompson, a/k/a Fresh Tone, 36, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of sex trafficking of a minor, was sentenced to 188 months in prison. The defendant was also ordered to pay $399,000 in restitution to the victims in this case.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Marie Grisanti and Trini E. Ross, who handled the case, st

Minneapolis, MN - Inver Grove Heights Lunch Lady Sent Sexual Pictures To Male Student

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San Antonio, TX - Two Former Police Officers Found Guilty Of Sexual Assault

The State of Texas charged former San Antonio police officers Emmanuel Galindo, age 31, and Alejandro Chapa, age 29, with four counts of sexual assault, five counts of compelling prostitution and 12 counts of official oppression by seducing three women by promising to give them money and legal favors for participa

Wichita, KS - Wichita Man Convicted On Federal Human Trafficking Charges

A jury found a Wichita man guilty on federal human trafficking charges.

Daederick Lacy, 25, Wichita, Kan., was convicted on one count of sex trafficking of a minor, one count of sex trafficking of an adult by force, fraud or coercion and one count of interstate transportation of a minor in furtherance of pro

Jessica Cantu pleaded no contest to the felony offense of prostitution. The trial court
assessed punishment at two years’ imprisonment in a state jail facility, suspended in favor of four
years’ community supervision. Cantu timely appealed the judgment.
Cantu’s court-appointed attorney filed a brief representing that he conducted a professional
evaluation of the record and de

Dontre D’Sean McHenry pleaded guilty to one count of sex trafficking a minor
in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591. The district court1 varied downwards from his
advisory guidelines range, life in prison, and sentenced McHenry to 293 months.
1The Honorable David S. Doty, United States District Judge for the District of
Minnesota.
McHenry appeals his conviction and sentence, arguing

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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