TOPEKA, KS - A man and a woman who operated massage parlors in Topeka were sentenced in federal court here for running a prostitution business.

Yong Jin Zhang, 56, Topeka, Kan., and Yu Lan Su, 50, Topeka, Kan., was sentenced to time served and a year on supervised release. They were arrested

Zhang and Su pleaded guilty to one count of transporting women in interstate commerce fo

The State of Oklahoma charged Lori Rachelle Pryor with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: COMPU, VIOLATION OF OK STATUTE VIA COMPUTER , in violation of 21 O.S. 1958
Date Of Offense: 01/23/2013

Party Name: Disposition Information:

PRYOR, LORI RACHELLE
Disposed: DISMISSED, 08/22/2014. Dismissed- Request of the State.
Count as Disposed:VIOLATION OF OK STATUTE V

Tulsa County, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Joe Mark Knapp, age 49, and Elizabeth Pester, age 34, with
Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation, or Sexual Abuse of Child in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 which provides:



A. Any parent or other person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in child abuse shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the

A minor appeals from an order of wardship following a finding that she committed the crime of loitering with the intent to commit prostitution. She contends that the juvenile court erred in denying her in limine motion to exclude evidence under Evidence Code section 1161 on the ground that she committed the alleged commercial sexual act as a result of being a victim of human trafficking.1 Alternat

Tulsa County, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Phillip Hudson, Jr. with three counts of child abuse by injury in violation of 21 O.S. 843 which provides:

A. Any parent or other person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in child abuse shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not exceeding life imprison

Minneapolis, MN - DONTRE D’SEAN MCHENRY, a/k/a “Dontre Sean McHenry,� a/k/a “Avon,� a/k/a “Rico,� 25, pleaded guilty for recruiting and sex trafficking teenage girls throughout Minnesota. MCHENRY pleaded guilty today to sex trafficking of a minor before Judge David S. Doty in United States District Court in Minneapolis. The defendant is expected to be sentenced at a future court appe

BOISE, ID - Herminio Harro Sandoval, 60, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced to 46 months in prison for conspiracy to attempt to evade and defeat tax, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. United States District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Sandoval to serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence. He pleaded guilty on August 12, 2014.

According to court docu

El Paso, TX - 45-year-old Maria Blake (aka “Jessica�, “Yvonne�) and her 45–year-old husband, Ronald, face up to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to federal charges involving foreign or interstate travel for prostitution announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Dennis Ulrich and Federal Bureau of Investi

DALLAS, TX — A detective who worked in the Dallas Police Department’s (DPD) Vice Unit, Jose Luis Bedoy, 40, of Dallas, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury on all four counts of an indictment charging obstruction of official proceedings and obstruction of the due administration of justice, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.

Each of the th

A jury convicted defendants Duwan D. Fields and Claudiens Santrail Griffin of eight counts of pimping, pandering, and committing sexual offenses against minors. Defendants contend their convictions must be reversed due to asserted instructional errors. Griffin further contends his conviction for oral copulation with a minor is not supported by substantial evidence and his felony sentence for the o

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Sunny Rae Schonholtz with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: PROS, ENGAGING IN PROSTITUTION WITHIN 1000FT OF SCHOOL / CHURCH , in violation of 21 O.S. 1031 D
Date Of Offense: 01/03/2013

Party Name: Disposition Information:

SCHONHOLTZ, SUNNY RAE
Disposed: DEFERRED, 03/26/2013. Guilty Plea.
Count as Disposed:ENGAGING I

CHICAGO ― A former suburban man who was living in Michigan when he was arrested in 2011 was convicted by a federal jury of sex-trafficking three victims, including two minors, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendant, FABRIEL DELANEY, was found guilty of all eight counts against him, including sex-trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, and of minors. The jury began d

State of Oklahoma v. Megan Burnett

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: PROS, ENGAGING IN PROSTITUTION WITHIN 1000FT OF SCHOOL/CHURCH , in violation of 21 O.S. 1031 D
Date Of Offense: 12/22/2012

Party Name: Disposition Information:

BURNETT, MEGAN
Disposed: DEFERRED, 05/24/2013. Guilty Plea.
Count as Disposed:PROSTITUTION (PROS)
Violation of 21 O.S. 1031

Tulsa criminal defense lawyer Mike Manning represented Rhoda Marie Holbrook who was charged by the State of Oklahoma with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: PROS, ENGAGING IN PROSTITUTION WITHIN 1000FT OF SCHOOL / CHURCH , in violation of 21 O.S. 1031 D
Date Of Offense: 12/21/2012

El Paso, TX - Charles Marquez, age 54, was sentenced to life in federal prison and fined $10,000 for his role in a prostitution scheme involving a minor announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Dennis A. Ulrich.

On November 21, 2013, a fed

The trial court terminated appellant’s parental rights on the grounds that appellant constructively abandoned her child; failed to comply with a court order that specifically established the actions necessary for her to obtain the child’s return; and knowingly engaged in criminal conduct that resulted in her conviction of an offense and confinement or imprisonment and inability to care for the

DALLAS — A Dallas woman, who, along with her gang member boyfriend, pleaded guilty in a sex trafficking case earlier this year, was sentenced this morning, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.

Erin Patton, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 87 months in federal prison and she will be required to register as a sex offender.

J.M. (mother) and C.M. (father), parents of the minor Jayden M., appeal from the
juvenile court’s order terminating parental rights. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 366.26, 395;
unless stated otherwise, statutory references that follow are to the Welfare and
Institutions Code.) They contend (1) the Sacramento County Department of Health and
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Human Services (Department) and the juv

The trial court denied appellant and defendant Ronald James Adair’s (1) petition
for certificate of rehabilitation and pardon (Pen. Code, §§ 4852.01),1 and (2) motion for
reconsideration of the denial of his petition for certificate of rehabilitation and pardon.
Defendant contends the trial court erred in denying his motion because the timelines set
forth in section 4852.03, wh

Thomas O. Bennett, Jr. and the James B. Bonham Corporation appeal a final takenothing
summary judgment on claims they had asserted against Randy Reynolds, Larry Grant,
and Richard T. (Dick) Miller. The judgment also imposed sanctions jointly and severally against
Bennett, Bonham, and their attorney in this proceeding, Wayne H. Paris, and all three of them
(collectively, and as appl

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Daren Stephen Nashburn and Melissa Sue Nashburn with to counts of child neglect in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5, which provides:



A. Any parent or other person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in child abuse shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not

RICHMOND, Va. – Javier Flores Mendez, 24, of Tenancingo, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to sex trafficking a 16-year-old girl and transporting her into the United States for prostitution.

Dana J. Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; and Clark E. Settles, Special Agent in Charge for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (

Appellant A.D. appealed the trial court’s decree terminating her parental rights to her daughter, K.N.D. In three issues, A.D. argued that the evidence was insufficient to support the termination of her parental rights and the appointment of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services as sole managing conservator.
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Following prior precedents of this court, we previously held

Child abuse is a state crime, but not a federal crime. Forced
labor is a federal crime, 18 U.S.C. § 1589, but the statute obviously does not extend to requiring
one’s children to do their homework, babysit on occasion, and do household chores. Only by
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bootstrapping can this combination of two actions that are not federal crimesâ€

Minneapolis, MN -United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of MARKEACE CANTY a/k/a “QUAKE,� 33, to 300 months in federal prison for prostituting a child throughout the Upper Midwest, including in Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. CANTY was indicted on May 6, 2013, and found guilty by a federal jury on September 12, 2013, of Conspiring to Co