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

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

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

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

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

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

Phoenix, AZ - Another Pimp Off Of Phoenix Arizona Streets

Andre Antonio Adams, known on the streets as “Chicago,” was convicted on ten counts of child prostitution for trafficking two young girls, and two additional counts of Involving or Using a Minor in Drug Offenses for providing marijuana to them. The girls, both aged 15, were runaways.

The twelve counts include one for each

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).

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

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

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

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

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

New Orleans, LA - Metairie Man Sentenced to over 10 Years in Prison for Trafficking a Minor into New Orleans to Work as a Prostitute

TORREY LEDELL DAVIS, age 44, who last resided in Metairie, was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to interstate transportation of a minor for the purpose of engaging in criminal sexual activity.

U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance sentenced DAVI

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

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 $

The question presented on this unusual appeal, which we
consider on leave granted, is whether the trial court retained
jurisdiction to sua sponte enter a judgment of acquittal on a
count of an indictment three months after its declaration of a
mistrial or whether double jeopardy principles bar the State's
challenge to that order. Although we disapprove of the
procedu

On August 24, 2012, Jeffrey Holmes was charged by indictment with two counts of the
class D felony of acceding to corruption, two counts of sexual assault, and one count of deviate
sexual assault. Following a jury trial, Holmes was convicted of one count of acceding to
corruption. That count stated that Holmes, “being a police officer, knowingly accepted from
C.C. [a prostitu

On August 24, 2012, Jeffrey Holmes was charged by indictment with two counts of the
class D felony of acceding to corruption, two counts of sexual assault, and one count of deviate
sexual assault. Following a jury trial, Holmes was convicted of one count of acceding to
corruption. That count stated that Holmes, “being a police officer, knowingly accepted from
C.C. [a prostitu

In May 2006, police discovered Spicer’s body in a shallow grave in Lafayette
County. Movant was identified as a suspect in that investigation. Search warrants
executed on Movant’s apartment and workplace recovered numerous items, including a
video camera and several videotapes. The videotapes depicted Movant and his girlfriend
repeatedly physically and sexually assaulting Sp

Kansas City, KS - Federal Jury Returns Guilty Verdicts In Wichita Massage Parlor Prostitution Case

A federal jury returned guilty verdicts on all counts against a Wichita man in a massage parlor prostitution case.

They found defendant Kay Tee, 51, Wichita, Kan., guilty on one count of attempting to entice a person to cross state lines to engage in prostitution, one count of using

Tulsa, OK - Man Convicted of Child Sex Abuse

The State of Oklahoma charged Daniel Esparza Saldivar, age 30, with;

Count # 1. Count as Filed: CHSA, CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 (E)
Date of Offense: 01/15/2012

Count # 2. Count as Filed: CHSA, CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 (E)
Date of Offense: 01/15/2012

Count # 3.

Burlington, VT - Drug Dealer From Brooklyn, New York Sentenced in Federal Court to Over Nine Years Imprisonment for Distributing Heroin and Crack Cocaine in Rutland County

Raymond Fernandez, 33, of Brooklyn, Vermont was sentenced to nine years and two months imprisonment by Chief Judge Christina Reiss in United States District Court in Burlington. Fernandez had previously pled guilty to c

Tony Lee Drum pled guilty to two counts of harboring, transporting, providing, obtaining, and maintaining a person who had not attained the age of 18 years, knowing that the person would be caused to engage in a commercial sex act, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a)(1), (b)(2) (2012), and two counts of transporting an individual who had not attained the age of 18 years in interstate commerce with

Binghamton, NY - Jury Convicts Binghamton Man On Eight Counts Of Sex Trafficking And Prostitution Of Minors

Antonio Ballard, 25, of Binghamton, New York, was convicted on eight counts of engaging in a sex trafficking and prostitution business involving three minor girls. The verdict followed a week-long trial. Ballard is subject to a minimum sentence of 10 years and up to life in prison w