A second superseding indictment charges Defendant in Count One with sex trafficking a child under the age of 14, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591(a)(1), (a)(2), (b)(1); in Counts Two and Three with sex trafficking a child under the age of 18, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591(a)(1), (a)(2), (b)(1), (b)(2); in Count Four with promoting prostitution, in violation of the Travel Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1952

In August 2013, appellant Antonio Dion Washington-Davis was charged by amended complaint with seven prostitution-related offenses, which allegedly occurred between September 2010 and July 2012. The state also charged four of appellant's relatives with similar prostitution-related offenses: appellant's brother, Otis Washington; his uncles, Calvin Washington and Robert Washington; and the mother of

Dallas, TX - Dublin, Texas, Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Sending Obscene Photo of Himself to Undercover Officer Posing Online as 14-Year-Old-Girl

Defendant Enticed the 14-Year-Old to Have Sexual Contact With Him and was Arrested by Law Enforcement at Meeting Place in Garland, Texas

Sethaniel Winston Hampsten, 24, of Dublin, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. Di

Oklahoma City, OK - Oklahoma City Pimp Sentenced to 92 Months in Prison for Transporting a Juvenile Across State Lines for the Purpose of Prostitution

PHILIP GATSON, (aka "Young Selo") 24, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced by United States District Judge Robin J. Cauthron to serve 92 months in federal prison for transporting a child under age 18 across state lines for the purposes of engagi

Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Edik Asadorian (43, Queens, NY) guilty of interstate transportation for prostitution and interstate violation of a protective order against domestic violence. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for February 29, 2016.

Asadoria

On June 6, 2014, the Davidson County Grand Jury indicted the defendant and two co-defendants, Demontise Martez Drumwright and Secquoyah Shanice Smikes, for aggravated burglary acting in concert with others and robbery acting in concert with others, Class B felonies. Additionally, Ms. Smikes was indicted for prostitution. At the guilty plea hearing, the prosecutor recited the evidence the State w

When Doe was thirty-five years old, he acknowledged the amicus briefs submitted by the Committee for Public Counsel Services and the Massachusetts Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, and by the Youth Advocacy Division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services and the Children's Law Center of Massachusetts.
reportedly "twisted" the penis of his six year old nephew through the

Montgomery, Alabama – Three Montgomery residents were indicted by a federal grand jury for their involvement in an interstate prostitution ring being operated out of an apartment in Montgomery, announced U.S. Attorney George Beck from the Middle District of Alabama. The three individuals indicted were: Bernabe Carbajal, 37; Andres Hernandez Gomez, 53; and Saul Garrido Eligio, 34.

Houston, TX - Sex Trafficker Gets 30 Years in Prison

Five people have been sentenced for their respective roles in a sex trafficking of minors conspiracy in which young females were forced and/or coerced to engaged in commercial sex acts. Emanuel Dandre Wade, 26, Charmaine Henderson, 27, Ashley Shawntel Williams, 22, and Darquesha Perry, 28, all pleaded guilty to varying offenses on March

Milwaukee, WI - Milwaukee Man Sentenced To 18 Years Imprisonment

Drayon Wren (age: 38), was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release for federal sex trafficking charges involving three minor victims and one adult victim.

On July 16, 2015, Wren plead guilty to three counts of sex trafficking of a child and one count of sex trafficking an adult

Scranton, PA - Monroe County Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin And Sex Trafficking Conspiracies; Six Others Charged

Sirvonn Taylor, age 33, of Pocono Summit, admitted to conspiring with others to commit drug trafficking and sex trafficking crimes between 2012 and 2014.

Taylor pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion in Scranton, to participating in a heroin tr

Adam Darrick Toghill (Toghill), an adult, engaged in an email exchange with a law enforcement officer posing as a minor wherein Toghill proposed that the two engage in oral sex. Subsequently, Toghill was indicted on charges of Internet solicitation of a minor in violation of Code § 18.2–374.3. The Circuit Court of Louisa County and both parties agreed that Toghill was accused of soliciting oral se

Minneapolis, MN - Blaine Man Sentenced To 282 Months In Prison For Trafficking 18-Year-Old Victim

RAHMAD LASHAD GEDDES, a/k/a “Face,” a/k/a “Poo Poo,” 36, to 282 months in federal prison for trafficking an 18-year-old woman from Wisconsin to Duluth, Minn., for the purpose of commercial sex. GEDDES, who was charged in a superseding indictment on April 8, 2015, was convicted on April 27, 20

Missoula, MT - Washington Man Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison on Prostitution-Relate Charge

Frederick Glen Johnson, 47, of Spokane Valley, Washington, was sentenced in Missoula federal court for drug and prostitution-related racketeering crimes. In June, Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin and one count o

The appellant arrived at Naval Station Great Lakes and checked into Marine Air Control Group 48 in June 2011, where he represented he was a “bonafide bachelor” and was thus permitted to move into government quarters set aside for that purpose. However, the appellant also received Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) payments since he falsely reported that he lived in an apartment in Chicago. The re

Oklahoma City, OK - Attorney Pleads Guilty to Traveling from Oklahoma City to Peru to Engage in Sex with Girl Under 18

Michael Dean Billings, 60, an attorney from Oklahoma City, pled guilty to traveling from Oklahoma City to Iquitos, Peru, between January 1, 2011 and February 21, 2013, to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a Peruvian girl under 18 years of age, announced Sanford C. Co

Chicago, IL - Federal Jury Convicts Ohio Man In Sex Trafficking Ring Involving Minors Brought To Chicago From Iowa

An Ohio man was convicted for his role in a sex trafficking conspiracy involving minor girls who were transported to Chicago from Iowa to engage in prostitution.

WILLIE WOODS, 44, of Toledo, Ohio, helped transport the minor girls from Iowa City in 2012. Once in Chi

Miami, FL - Former Staff Mentor at Florida Keys Children’s Shelter Convicted of Child Sex Trafficking

A former staff mentor at the Florida Keys Children’s Shelter, a residential facility in Tavernier, Florida, was convicted today of child sex trafficking, following a three-week jury trial before United States District Court Judge Marcia G. Cooke.

Ricky Jermaine Atkins, 29, of Key

New York, NY - Yonkers Man Convicted In White Plains Federal Court Of Kidnapping And Sex Trafficking A 19-Year-Old Victim

Clydedoro Graham, was found guilty of kidnapping a 19-year-old victim (the “Victim”), conspiring to engage in sex trafficking of the Victim, and attempting to engage in sex trafficking of the Victim. Clydedoro Graham was convicted after a seven-day jury trial before

Santa Ana, CA - NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMAN CONVICTED AND SENTENCED FOR STEALING VEHICLE AND DRIVING WITH ANOTHER WOMAN TO ORANGE COUNTY AND CONSPIRING TO PANDER HER

A Northern California woman was convicted and sentenced today for stealing a vehicle, driving to Orange County, and conspiring to pander another woman. Courtney Charell Amos, 26, Pittsburg, pleaded guilty to one felony count of

Santa Ana, CA - MAN SENTENCED TO 19 YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON FOR HAVING UNLAWFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH FOUR UNDERAGE GIRLS, PROVIDING THEM WITH DRUGS, AND TRAFFICKING THREE OF THE VICTIMS

A man was sentenced today to 19 years and four months in state prison and mandatory lifetime sex offender registration for having unlawful sexual intercourse with four underage girls, providing

At issue is whether appellant Jonathan Madrid’s prior conviction for statutory
rape in Texas qualifies as a crime of violence under the United States Sentencing
Guidelines. Applying the familiar modified categorical approach, and in light of
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Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), we hold that it does not.
Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we vacate

Topeka, KS - Federal Indictment: Topeka Man and Associates Operated Interstate Sex Trafficking Business

TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man who was part owner of a Lawrence night club and six of his associates are charged with sex trafficking in an indictment unsealed today, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.

The indictment alleges the defendants provided female commercial sex workers – i

Waco, TX - During Jury Selection Today Ft. Smith, Arkansas Man Pleads Guilty to Transporting Women for Prostitution

Emmanuel Bailey, age 23, of Ft. Smith, Arkansas, faces up to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to admitting to transporting an individual across state lines for the purposes of prostitution announced.

During jury selection before United States District Judge

Fresno, CA - Man Sentenced to over 10 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking of a Minor.

United States District Court Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Tryvell Powell, 34, of Fresno, to 10 years and 10 months in prison for sex trafficking of a minor.

According to court documents, Powell communicated with a 16-year-old girl on Facebook and persuaded her to leave Modesto where she