Baton Rouge, LA - Human Trafficker Sentenced To 16 Years In Federal Prison

Kellie M. Dominique, age 37, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for conspiring to commit sex trafficking of a minor, followed by 5 years of supervised release. DOMINIQUE was also ordered to pay the victim $15,000 in restitution and to forfeit $15,000 in illegal proceeds from the offense... More...   $0 (06-30-2016 - LA)

Seattle, WA - Las Vegas Man Convicted of Sex Trafficking

Transported Juvenile and Adult Females and Coerced them into Prostitution

A 34 year old Las Vegas man was convicted in U.S. District Court in Seattle of three federal felonies arising out of his transportation of two juveniles for the purpose of prostitution and sex trafficking of an adult woman through force, fraud, and co... More...   $0 (06-24-2016 - WA)

On July 25, 2014, San Antonio Police Department officers, assigned to the Vice Unit,
conducted an undercover operation targeting persons soliciting prostitutes in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Texas. The operation was located in an area known for prostitution, and an undercover
San Antonio police officer posed as a prostitute. The undercover officer was equipped with a
microphon... More...   $0 (06-24-2016 - TX)

On October 10, 2012, Carrasquillo-Peñaloza was indicted
for one count of transportation of a minor with the intent that
she engage in prostitution, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a),1
and one count of sex trafficking of a child, in violation of 18
U.S.C. § 1591(a). A substantially similar superseding indictment
was issued on October 24, 2012.
On December 7, 2012, C... More...   $0 (06-22-2016 - PR)

Appellee's teenage daughter got into a physical fight with a schoolmate
whose parents are Boysie Washington and Tarsha Henderson. Although the
facts are disputed, Appellee apparently believed that Boysie, unhappy with the
outcome of the first fight between the two girls, instigated a second fight under
his oversight to keep others from interfering. The police responded to the s... More...   $0 (06-20-2016 - KY)

On July 28, 2014, the State charged Deyawna Taylor with one count of driving while barred in violation of Iowa Code section 321.561 (2013) and one count of prostitution in violation of Iowa Code section 725.1. Arraignment was scheduled for August 11. Taylor failed to personally appear for arraignment because she was incarcerated in Polk County on unrelated charges. The district court then issue... More...   $0 (06-18-2016 - IA)

The complainant, J.T., was seventeen years old at the time of trial. She testified she was
born and raised in New Zealand, and immigrated to the United States in 2012. In 2013, when she
was either fourteen or fifteen years old, she moved from Houston to San Antonio to live with her
mother and step-father. At this time, she met an eighteen-year-old woman by the name of Kiki.
... More...   $0 (06-15-2016 - TX)

Shreveport, LA - Shreveport man pleads guilty to sex trafficking of a minor

Zayne Ghandi Anderson, 40, of Shreveport, pleaded guilty to one count of sex trafficking of a minor. According to the guilty plea, as part of an investigation, undercover law enforcement agents responded to an online advertisement for prostitution, which resulted in them contacting and meeting a 16-year-old femal... More...   $0 (06-15-2016 - LA)

Tulsa, OK - Couple Plead Guilty of Creating Child Porn

The State of Oklahoma charged Ahmad Murphy Jenkins, 41, and Gloria Tiger, 44, with;

Count # 1. Count as Filed: CHSA, SEXUAL ABUSE - CHILD UNDER 12, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 F
Date of Offense: 11/15/2015
Party Name Disposition Information
TIGER, GLORIA J
JENKINS, AHMAD MURPHY
Count # 2. Coun... More...   $0 (06-13-2016 - OK)

During a 4-day jury trial, the State presented extensive evidence showing that Limburg searched for, downloaded, and made available for sharing several child pornography videos. More specifically, the evidence showed that detectives from Lawrence, Kansas, were being trained in Denver, Colorado, on the use of a peer-to-peer sharing network called ARES, known to be used to unlawfully share child por... More...   $0 (06-12-2016 - KS)

The State challenges the trial court’s order holding unconstitutional section 796.07(6), Florida Statutes (2013), which imposes a mandatory civil fine of $5,000 for a violation of section 796.07(2)(f), Florida Statutes, prohibiting soliciting prostitution. We have previously held that the statutory fine is constitutional. See State v. Jones, 180 So. 3d 1085, 1090 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015); State v. So... More...   $5000 (06-09-2016 - FL)

Topeka, KS - Topeka Woman Pleads Guilty to Participating In Interstate Sex Trafficking

A Topeka woman pleaded guilty to taking part in an interstate sex trafficking business.

Rachel Flenniken, 34, Topeka, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and two counts of using an interstate facility in furtherance of prostitution. In her plea, she admitted working for a male co-d... More...   $0 (06-07-2016 - KS)

Norfolk, VA - Bloods Gang Member Sentenced to Prison for Prostituting a Minor

Cordario Marcell Uzzle, 23, of Virginia Beach, was sentenced to 151 months in prison for sex trafficking of a child. He was also sentenced to 10 years of supervised release.

Uzzle pleaded guilty on February 19. According to court documents, Uzzle was a member of a set of the Bloods street gang based i... More...   $0 (06-03-2016 - VA)

On February 5, 2014, Lieutenant Brian Gossard (Lieutenant Gossard) was
working in the Juvenile Detective Division of the Lafayette Police Department
in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The Juvenile Detective Division’s “main
responsibility was to handle cases where there were . . . crimes against
children.” (Tr. p. 16). Because the internet is a medium that individuals utilize More...   $0 (05-31-2016 - IN)

In 2006, Manier was convicted of two counts of Child Molesting as Class B
felonies. She was required to register as a sex offender. In 2014, Manier moved
to Howard County, Indiana and reported to the Howard County Sheriff’s
Office to register as a sex offender. Employee Christina Kline provided Manier
with a sex offender packet including a sex offender registration form. Ma... More...   $0 (05-27-2016 - IN)

Little Rock, AR - Wynne Woman Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Prostituting Her Minor Cousins

Amber Johnson, age 30, of Wynne, Arkansas, was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for sex trafficking of children.

Johnson was indicted on July 7, 2015, for one count of sex trafficking of children, and pleaded guilty on November 3, 2015. "This defendant took advantage of two young re... More...   $0 (05-25-2016 - AR)

We reverse the county court's order finding the mandatory $5,000 civil penalty imposed for solicitation of prostitution under section 796.07(6), Florida Statutes (2014), to be unconstitutionally excessive. See State v. Jones, 180 So.3d 1085 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015). ... More...   $0 (05-14-2016 - FL)

We adopt the district court’s statement of the factual background:

This case involves a pretextual stop on August 6, 2014. A NETS [(Neighbors Energized to Succeed)] officer in an unmarked squad [car] observed suspicious activity in a high drug trafficking building in downtown Davenport. He watched as the car parked far from the entrance, the passenger got out went into the building and... More...   $0 (05-13-2016 - IA)

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence established
that Detective Mark Stephens of the Platte County Sheriff's Department placed an advertisement
on a website called "motherless.com." According to Stephens, the website is a type of blog that
included conversations about deviate sexual topics, such as incest, and is a website known to be
... More...   $0 (05-12-2016 - MO)

Tulsa, OK - Tulsan Gets 30-Years For Abusing 10-Year-Old

The State of Oklahoma charged Osiel Bottlo Pizana, age 34, with sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12 in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5F

The child told an interviewer that she had been repeatedly raped by the Defendant.


Title 21 O.S. 843.5 provides:



A. Any parent or other person who shall... More...   $0 (05-04-2016 - OK)

Jamil Murray entered a plea of guilty to drug distribution offenses, pursuant to a plea agreement that preserved his right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress. He now appeals the denial of that motion, arguing that the District Court erred when it failed to suppress evidence that law enforcement officers obtained as a result of their entry into a motel room that he had rented, but that... More...   $0 (05-02-2016 - PA)

One Sunday evening in the summer of 2012, A.P. (Adrianna),2 who was
twelve years old, went to appellant’s house to spend the night with a friend.
While Adrianna was there, appellant forced his girlfriend and Adrianna’s friend to
leave the house, and he sexually assaulted Adrianna.
After doing so, he took Adrianna across the street and attempted to sell
her for sex to one ... More...   $0 (05-01-2016 - TX)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte Pimp Convicted Of Sex Trafficking Of A Minor
Defendant Committed Crimes While Registered as a Sex Offender

A federal jury delivered a guilty verdict against Kenwaniee Vontorian Tate, 40, of Charlotte, for sex trafficking of a minor by fraud, force and coercion and sex trafficking of a minor while being required to register as a sex offender under North Caro... More...   $0 (04-20-2016 - NC)

Posey premises his first two claims on his theory that two prior state convictions that factored into the calculation of his Guidelines range were erroneously treated as felonies. First, he argues that the district court improperly assigned him base offense level 24 because he had two prior felony convictions of either a crime of violence or a controlled substance offense. See U.S. Sentencing Gu... More...   $0 (04-18-2016 - NC)

The defendant in these certified appeals, Chywon Wright, was convicted of various crimes stemming from his involvement in a sexual assault that occurred on November 1, 2008. On that date, ‘‘the victim1 accompanied Bryan Fuller, a member of a street gang, to a vacant second floor apartment at 19 Taylor Street in [the city of] Waterbury. The victim went to the apartment expecting Fuller to pay her $... More...   $0 (04-11-2016 - CT)