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▫️Missouri deputy charged with child sex, pornography
PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. — A former Phelps County deputy could face at least 15 years in prison if found guilty of the child sex exploitation and child sexual abuse material charges he is facing. Justin Durham is accused of sexual exploitation of children, possessing child sexual abuse material and destroying records charges in a case investigated by the FBI and Missouri State Highway Patrol. Additional women have reportedly come forward with allegations against Durham, including him demanding sex or nude images after making traffic stops, the FBI said. Anyone with any information regarding Durham could contact the FBI at 314-589-2500.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/missouri-deputy-child-sex-abuse-charges-phelps-county/63-54b41237-669a-4e0d-ac06-a922aff9f642    (VIDEO)  

▫️U.S. Marshals in Galveston Arrest California Fugitive on the Run for 35 Years for Multiple Sex Crimes
Houston, TX - On Oct. 16, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) in the Southern District of Texas arrested a man wanted in California since 1988 for rape, sexual assault and lewd and lascivious acts with a child. Ismael Guerra Osorio, 62, was taken into custody at a mechanic shop in Kemah, Texas.
https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/press-release/us-marshals-galveston-arrest-california-fugitive-run-35-years-multiple-sex 

▫️Lincoln man accused of sex trafficking, police say
A Lincoln man has been accused of sex trafficking after he allegedly posted sex ads and rented out hotel rooms for a woman he brought to Lincoln, police say. Alex King, 26, directed a 22-year-old woman from Texas to come to Lincoln, where she had no job or means to provide for herself, according to the affidavit for his arrest.
https://starherald.com/news/state-regional/crime-courts/lincoln-man-accused-of-sex-trafficking-police-say/article_2b265353-1e5c-5fe4-8500-a05c10d60088.html 

▫️NYC family convicted of running sex trafficking ring
The Queens family that allegedly operated a years-long sex trafficking ring involving young women and girls from Mexico — and bribed an upstate cop to cover up their horrific offenses in exchange for sexual favors — was found guilty this week, federal officials said. Luz Elvira Cardona, 35, her partner Jose Facundo Zarate Morales, 34, as well as her mother Blanca Hernandez Morales, 53, and the older woman’s partner, Roberto Cesar Cid Dominguez, 60, were all found guilty Thursday after a four-week jury trial in Brooklyn Federal Court. During the sick scheme, Cardona even paid for her 15-year-old niece — who lived in Mexico — to come to New York back in 2007 under the pretense that she could start working as a cleaner, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. The family’s nefarious plot began in 2002 when they pressured young women and girls – including one other minor besides Cardona’s niece – to come to the US with false promises of a better life, and work lined up for them, the jury heard.
» https://qns.com/2023/10/members-queens-prostitution-convicted-sex-trafficking/
» https://nypost.com/2023/10/20/nyc-family-convicted-of-running-sex-trafficking-ring/ 

▫️Police: Covington pastor accused of sexual abuse involving child
An investigation revealed the abuse allegedly took place at the Ministerio Jesus Liberta Church in Covington late last month. During the investigation, a pastor of the church, Jose Luis Lopez-Hernandez, 50, was identified as the suspect in the alleged abuse.
https://www.wlwt.com/article/ministerio-jesus-liberta-church-pastor-sexual-abuse-lopez-hernandez/45574035#    (VIDEO) 

▫️ERO Boston arrests Guatemalan convicted sex offender
BOSTON — Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested a convicted Guatemalan sex offender being sought by California authorities Oct. 17. He will remain in ERO Boston custody pending removal proceedings.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-boston-arrests-guatemalan-convicted-sex-offender 

▫️Puerto Rico man arrested for child exploitation
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Carolina man was arrested on criminal charges related to alleged child exploitation conduct. On Oct. 13, special agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) San Juan arrested Matthew John McGlone, a 33-year-old man from the city of Carolina. A federal grand jury indicted McGlone on Oct. 12 on three counts of coercion and enticement of a minor, receipt of child exploitation material, and transfer of obscene material to a minor.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/puerto-rico-man-arrested-child-exploitation 

▫️Man indicted for sexually related charges with minors
WARREN, Ohio - A Warren man has been indicted on sexually related charges involving minors following an investigation by the Mahoning County Human Trafficking Task Force and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Blake McCormick was indicted on 15 counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-indicted-for-sexually-related-charges-with-minors/ar-AA1ismXF 

▫️Phelps man gets 20 years in child porn case
ONTARIO COUNTY, N.Y. — A Phelps man was sentenced to 20 years in prison on child pornography charges. He had exchanged child porn with someone in Alaska, which prompted an FBI investigation. Eric Passalacqua, 37, was convicted of receipt and distribution of child pornography.
» https://www.whec.com/top-news/phelps-man-gets-20-years-in-child-porn-case/
» https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2023/10/19/ontario-county-resident-receives-20-year-sentence-for-child-porn/ 🇺🇸

▫️Utah Governor advocates for criminal investigation into former anti-trafficking CEO
SALT LAKE CITY — Governor Spencer Cox said the founder and ex-CEO of Operation Underground Railroad, an anti-child sex trafficking organization, appears to have been involved in criminal behavior.  Cox noted Tim Ballard is presumed innocence until proven otherwise.
» https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/utah-governor-advocates-for-criminal-investigation-into-former-anti-trafficking-ceos-alleged-sexual-misconduct-tim-ballard-operation-underground-railroad-utah-attorney-general-sean-reyes-troy-rawlings-couples-ruse-sexual-misconduct-allegations   (VIDEO)
» https://midmichigannow.com/news/nation-world/utah-governor-advocates-for-criminal-investigation-into-former-anti-trafficking-ceos-alleged-sexual-misconduct-tim-ballard-operation-underground-railroad-utah-attorney-general-sean-reyes-troy-rawlings-couples-ruse-sexual-misconduct-allegations   (VIDEO) 

▫️Burk man who sexually assaulted child for 3 years heads to jail
WICHITA FALLS  — A Burkburnett man charged with continuous sexual assault of a girl over the course of four years is headed to prison. Ronnie Wren Woods, Jr., 42, pled guilty to the lesser charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child during a scheduled pre-trial conference on Friday morning, October 20, 2023, in the 78th District Court. Judge Meredith Kennedy sentenced Woods to 32 years in prison.
https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/local-news/burk-man-headed-to-prison-for-sexual-assault-of-child/  (VIDEO) 

▫️Man, 27, arrested for kidnapping 11-year-old girl he met playing an online video game
PATERSON, N.J. — The case of a missing 11-year-old girl from New Jersey ended with her safe return to her parents and the arrest of a man in Delaware. The Passaic County prosecutor reported that police in Wayne, N.J., started investigating the missing girl at about 6:45 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 10. Police determined Darius Matylewich "met the victim while playing an online video game," and that he took her south from Wayne to Bear, Del., — where he lives — "without the knowledge or consent of her parents."
https://fox28savannah.com/news/nation-world/man-27-darius-matylewich-kidnapping-11-year-old-girl-met-playing-online-video-game-endangering-welfare-child-new-jersey-nj-delaware  

▫️Human trafficking awareness event Oct. 22-24 in Lexington
In a concerted effort to raise awareness and combat human trafficking, the Lexington Rotary Club is hosting a communitywide event Sunday through Tuesday.The organization has invited The Set Me Free Project out of Omaha and the renowned Truckers Against Trafficking to host a three-day event in Lexington Oct. 22-24.
https://lexch.com/news/local/human-trafficking-awareness-event-oct-22-24-in-lexington/article_a633d1de-6f61-11ee-ba22-7beecb0606e9.html  

▫️“It’s critical, it’s not just a big city problem, it’s happening everywhere. The more we know, the more we can work to prevent it,”
 said Hollie Bruce, CEO of the Women’s Center of East Texas. To educate the community, the Women’s Center of East Texas held an all-day conference with multiple teaching sessions open to the public.
https://www.ketk.com/news/local-news/womens-center-of-east-texas-educates-community-on-human-trafficking/   (VIDEO) 

▫️17,306 missing persons in Baja California, human rights group says
SAN DIEGO — State and federal officials appear to be at odds when it comes to the number of missing persons cases in Baja California. According to Renata Demichelis Ávila, director of Mexico’s Human Rights Organization, 17,306 missing persons cases are active in the border state. The figure is heavily disputed by Baja’s Attorney General’s Office, which claims there are only 2,300 missing people in the state.
https://www.borderreport.com/news/politics/17306-missing-persons-in-baja-california-human-rights-group-says/  

▫️Report Finds Deaths of 64 Native American Students at Colorado Boarding Schools
In Colorado, a new report (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bbrIXKLIbQlWxQ9sU-9o4ql_Dthq7-C3/view?pli=1) released this month by the state’s historical society found the death records of at least 64 Native students who died while attending two federal Indian boarding schools in the state between 1880 and 1920.
The 140-page report, researched and prepared over the last year by state archeologist Holly Norton, was commissioned by Colorado lawmakers in a May 2022 House Bill. The legislation recognized that in Colorado, a state that hosted at least nine federal Indian assimilation schools, “...the boarding school policy resulted in long-standing intergenerational trauma.” “It’s just the tip of the iceberg,” Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Chairman Manuel Heart told Native News Online.
https://nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/report-finds-deaths-of-64-native-american-students-at-colorado-boarding-schools
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bbrIXKLIbQlWxQ9sU-9o4ql_Dthq7-C3/view?pli=1

▫️Ex-Philly cop pleads guilty to sexually assaulting young women
A former Philadelphia police officer pleaded guilty on Friday to dozens of sex crimes involving young women and was sentenced to 15 to 40 years in state prison. Patrick Heron, 54, reached an agreement with prosecutors ahead of a trial on more than 200 criminal offenses — including child sex assault and kidnapping — which occurred from 2005 to 2022. Investigators said he targeted vulnerable victims — including girls who struggled with drug addiction, had run away from home or had been arrested — and often sexually assaulted them while wearing his uniform and in the back of his patrol vehicle. Investigators have been able to identify 48 victims so far. However, that number could be higher as some women might not have come forward.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/10/21/patrick-heron-cop-philadelphia-sexual-assault-girls/ 

▫️Kyle Police arrest man with attempted kidnapping of teenager
According to police, the male who had been seen following the teenager was later reported to have attempted to enter the residence without success. Jerome Ivery, 38, with a Houston address  was arrested and later charged with attempted kidnapping, attempted burglary, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and resisting arrest. 
https://www.newsbreak.com/kyle-tx/3199589956955-kyle-police-arrest-man-with-attempted-kidnapping-of-teenager 

▫️Man arrested for alleged sexual assault of girl in Garden Grove; police seeking more victims
A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a girl after meeting her on a social platform and allegedly taking her to his house in Garden Grove against her will and committing sexual acts. Detectives had been investigating a possible sexual predator for months, Jensen said. They identified the suspect as Eric Andrew Carino, who allegedly requested to meet an underage girl on social media to engage in sexual relations, despite knowing the victim was underage, police said. The investigation remains ongoing.
Anyone with information regarding the suspect or the alleged assault was urged to contact GGPD Detective Adam Nikolic at (714) 741-5877 or adamn@ggcity.org.
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/man-arrested-for-alleged-sexual-assault-of-girl-in-garden-grove-police-seeking-more-victims/  

▫️LCPD child-luring investigation leads to arrests
In the most recent investigation, LCPD undercover officers posed as underage children on various social media platforms. Officers arrested 49-year-old James O. Robinson of Myrtle Point, Oct.2, after he arrived at an undisclosed public location to meet up with a minor for sex. Police also arrested 30-year-old Ryan R. Braddock of Otis, Aug.21, during an unrelated incident. Police records show that prior to this arrest Braddock had been chatting online with two different undercover officers who were both posing as 15-year-old children. 
https://www.thenewsguard.com/news/wake-up-call-lcpd-child-luring-investigation-leads-to-arrests/article_a4c78ce8-6de8-11ee-a99d-f7e42e1eb7b6.html  

▫️Bay Area nanny Nicole Hidalgo, 28, is charged with molesting young girl she was hired to care for so she could send photos of abuse to man she met online, cops say
A California nanny has been charged with molesting a baby girl she was hired to care for, weeks after facing charges of producing and sending pornographic images of the infant. Michelle Nicole Hidalgo, 28, was charged with three further offenses after prosecutors said they found more disturbing evidence. She was initially arrested last month after cops in Contra Costa County received a tip from an unnamed social media platform about child abuse images allegedly shared by Hidalgo on their platform.
» https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12657203/Bay-Area-nanny-Hidalgo-molesting-girl.html
» https://lawandcrime.com/crime/nanny-previously-accused-of-distributing-child-pornography-now-charged-with-worse-and-worse-sexual-abuse-of-8-month-old-in-her-care/ 

▫️Halifax man arrested, accused of indecent assault and other charges against minor
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. — A Halifax man was arrested on Thursday and is in prison following an investigation into a case of child sexual abuse. State police are charging 70-year-old Joseph F. Ruby Jr. with two counts of indecent assault, one count of unlawful contact with a minor, and corruption of minors.
https://www.fox43.com/article/news/crime/halifax-man-arrested-accused-indecent-assault-other-charges-against-minors/521-94bb6e18-9490-42b9-a8f3-2fdfe284a49b  

▫️Police arrest six women in undercover crackdown
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell Police’s Special Investigation Section arrested six women on various charges at two spa locations during an undercover operation Oct. 12. Hong Zhou, a Suwanee resident, was charged with prostitution, keeping a place of prostitution, practicing without a massage license and other sex offenses. Xiaohua Chen, an Alpharetta resident, and Ling Ya Tan, a Roswell resident, were charged with keeping a place of prostitution. Qunlan Zhu, of Peachtree Corners, and Shifen Liu, of Flushing, New York, were charged with keeping a place of prostitution and practicing without a massage license.
https://www.appenmedia.com/public_safety/police-arrest-six-women-in-undercover-crackdown/article_a29dc386-6dd1-11ee-91f7-9ff738d4cabe.html  

▫️Bronx Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution Linked to Death of 19-Year-Old & Sex Trafficking of Minor
Bronx man, Virgil Wardlow, has pled guilty in federal court to one count of distributing fentanyl, and in connection with his guilty plea, he also stipulated that he paid for commercial sex with a minor using fentanyl-laced pills that caused the death of a 19-year-old victim.
Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced details of the guilty plea on Friday, Oct. 20 when Wardlow appeared before U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil. He is scheduled to be sentenced on March 13, 2024. 
https://www.norwoodnews.org/bronx-man-pleads-guilty-to-fentanyl-distribution-linked-to-death-of-19-year-old-sex-trafficking-of-minor/ 

▫️Families of deceased who donated their bodies to science before they were STOLEN from Harvard Medical School join forces as they sue
The families of the deceased who donated their bodies to Harvard Medical School where they were stolen and desecrated have joined together to sue the school. The morgue manager at Harvard Medical School allegedly stole heads, brains, skin and other body parts and sold them, according to a federal indictment.
» https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12655159/Families-donated-bodies-science-stolen-sue-Harvard-Medical-School.html
» https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/10/21/harvard-body-parts-trafficking-scandal-lawsuits-could-merge-into-one-big-one/ 

▫️UPDATE: South Florida attorney pleads guilty to possessing nearly 2,000 images of child pornography
WEST PALM BEACH — A Palm Beach Gardens attorney once known as an outspoken advocate for victims of child sexual abuse pleaded guilty Wednesday to possessing and viewing nearly 2,000 images of child pornography.
Federal agents forcibly entered the West Palm Beach home of Michael T. Dolce in March and found him alone in bed with an open laptop containing images of children between 5 and 11 years old in sexually explicit positions.
He is scheduled to sentence Dolce in December. Dolce faces up to 20 years in prison, followed by at least five years of supervised release, and may be ordered to pay restitution of no less than $3,000 to each person depicted in the pornography.
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2023/10/04/south-florida-attorney-michael-dolce-pleads-guilty-watching-child-pornography-months-after-fbi-raid/70549252007/ 

▫️Union Gap man found guilty of attempted child rape in Operation Net Nanny trial
A jury on Friday found Hayden Aaron Erlandson guilty of attempted child rape, almost four years after his arrest in an online child sex sting. Jurors deliberated for 3 1/2 hours Friday to find Erlandson, 26, guilty of attempted second-degree child rape and communicating with a minor for immoral purposes. He is one of 15 men who were arrested in 2019 during “Operation Net Nanny,” an online sting targeting men who were seeking to have sex with minors.
https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/union-gap-man-found-guilty-of-attempted-child-rape-in-operation-net-nanny-trial/article_5bf5e272-6ff9-11ee-8f54-1f7a9298f6ba.html 
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▫️Pembroke Pines Couple Arrested for Human Trafficking and Prostitution Crimes at Miami Springs Hotel
Identified as Matthew Daniel Vincent, 30, and Deja Washington, 23, they were apprehended by the Miami Springs Police following an alert by the Human Trafficking Task Force of the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office. They face charges of human trafficking and obtaining profits from prostitution. Vincent also faces charges of coercion in sexual assault and directing another person to engage in prostitution, according to jail records. In a related operation, a recent undercover mission in central Florida resulted in the dismantling of a prominent human trafficking network. This operation culminated in the arrest of 219 suspects, shedding light on the pervasive nature of this heinous crime.
» https://www.breakinglatest.news/news/pembroke-pines-couple-arrested-for-human-trafficking-and-prostitution-crimes-at-miami-springs-hotel/
» https://t.me/Terrae_Liberatae_Lux_Vicit/13130 

▫️Youngsville man arrested, charged with trafficking of children for sex
YOUNGSVILLE, La. – A Youngsville man was arrested Friday in connection with trafficking a juvenile for sex, according to the Lafayette Police Department. Authorities said 26-year-old Michael Blackburn met a juvenile at a downtown nightclub on Aug. 10. 
https://www.klfy.com/local/lafayette-parish/youngsville-man-arrested-charged-with-trafficking-of-children-for-sex/ 

▫️Former Phelps County deputy indicted on child sex, pornography charges
A former deputy sheriff from Phelps County was indicted on charges that accuse him of soliciting and possessing child pornography and is expected to appear in U.S. District Court in St. Louis. Justin Bradley Durham, 42, was indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of sexual exploitation of children, two counts of possession of child pornography, and two counts of altering or destroying records.
https://www.kttn.com/former-phelps-county-deputy-indicted-on-child-sex-pornography-charges/ 

▫️Cook County sheriff to announce record number of human-trafficking-related charges
COOK COUNTY, Ill. - According to Sheriff Tom Dart, the charges are a result of efforts by Sheriff's Police Vice and Internet Crimes Against Children units throughout the month of October. A news conference is scheduled for Monday at 1 p.m.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/cook-county-sheriff-to-announce-record-number-of-human-trafficking-related-charges 

▫️Exeter baseball coach denied release in child sex abuse images case
EXETER — A former Exeter youth baseball coach facing child sexual abuse image charges was denied acceptance into the county's pretrial release program due to concerns he remains a danger to the public. Gregg Spaulding, formerly a coach for the Exeter Junior Baseball and Softball League, has been held at Rockingham County House of Corrections since his June 30 arrest on 26 counts of possession of child sexual abuse images.
https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2023/10/23/exeter-nh-baseball-coach-denied-pretrial-release-sex-abuse-images-case/71239037007/ 

▫️Youngstown, Ohio municipal Judge Renee DiSalvo's human trafficking forum raises awareness
BOARDMAN, Ohio — A forum held Sunday evening in Boardman discussed the issues surrounding human trafficking, particularly in Ohio and the Valley. At St. Charles Borromeo Church, Youngstown municipal Judge Renee DiSalvo spoke about the issue. She aimed to educate and inform the audience about human trafficking and what it looks like in the Valley.  Data shows Ohio ranks fifth in human trafficking across the United States. DiSalvo says human trafficking can impact anyone, anywhere, at any time.
https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/stop-human-trafficking-forum-raises-awareness-for-prevalent-issue/    (VIDEO) 

▫️Prison and probation for ex-cheer coach/gym owner accused in child porn case
Former cheerleading coach and former Clermont gym owner Vigiland D’Haiti has been sentenced to 29 years in federal prison for child pornography. D’Haiti, 41, had entered a guilty plea for coercion of a minor to produce visual sexual content. In return, prosecutors dropped two additional charges.
https://www.dailycommercial.com/story/news/local/2023/10/22/prison-and-probation-for-ex-cheer-coachgym-owner-accused-in-child-porn-case/71284471007/ 

▫️HSI Baltimore investigation lands Maryland man 10 years in federal prison for sexually abusing minor
An investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore landed a Maryland man a 10-year prison sentence followed by 25 years of supervised release for enticement and coercion of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Richard Wesley Robinson, 74, of Cambridge, received the decade-long sentence at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in Baltimore Oct. 13.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-baltimore-investigation-lands-maryland-man-10-years-federal-prison-sexually 

▫️Baltimore priest removed from ministry amid claims of sexual misconduct
BALTIMORE — The Archdiocese of Baltimore is confirming a settlement with a priest in Baltimore accused of sexual harassment. The archdiocese said it learned about the claims on Thursday involving Father Paschal Morlino, who is the pastor of St. Benedict Church in southwest Baltimore. Within 24 hours, the priest was suspended from any duties in public ministry. His removal was announced Sunday to parishioners.
» https://www.wbaltv.com/article/father-paschal-morlino-priest-removed-ministry-sexual-misconduct-claims/45542153#
» https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/10/baltimore-priest-removed-from-ministry-after-settlement-over-claims-of-sexual-misconduct-surfaces/ 
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▫️Cook County human trafficking sting leads to 8 arrests
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said Monday that a record number of people have been arrested for human trafficking following an undercover sting operation. At a news conference, Dart stated that 10 people have been arrested and charged in two weeks. Among those arrested were four people accused of operating a brothel in an unincorporated Palatine apartment, authorities said. Others were taken into custody on charges including human trafficking, promoting prostitution, possession of child pornography, dissemination of child pornography and involuntary servitude. The sheriff says this investigation is ongoing, and counseling is being offered to victims.
» https://abc7chicago.com/what-is-human-trafficking-cook-county-definition-statistics/13960431/  (VIDEO)
» https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/8-arrested-in-undercover-human-trafficking-sting-cook-county-sheriff/3258425/  (VIDEO)
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▫️Seven arrested, 14 victims rescued in joint human trafficking stings across the Basin
PERMIAN BASIN - From Oct. 16-19, 2023, the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division conducted an Online Solicitation of Prostitution Operation in conjunction with a Recovery Operation to locate and identify victims of human trafficking. The operations targeted people seeking to exploit and victimize trafficking victims in order to identify and apprehend individuals suspected of being involved in human trafficking using various websites to solicit sex acts.
In addition, multiple civilian entities also assisted to aid in the recovery efforts. This operation recovered fourteen human trafficking victims across the United States.
» https://www.yourbasin.com/news/seven-arrested-14-victims-rescued-in-joint-human-trafficking-stings-across-the-basin/
» https://www.cbs7.com/2023/10/24/dps-arrests-seven-joint-human-trafficking-operations-recovers-14-victims/ 

▫️Operation Toil and Trouble: Mississippi cybercrime operation leads to arrests for sexual exploitation of minors
JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced Monday the completion of a week-long, joint state, county and federal cybercrime operation, Operation Toil and Trouble, which led to two arrests on charges related to the sexual exploitation of minors. The A.G. said law enforcement served four search warrants, with investigations ongoing that may result in additional arrests.
» https://www.wtok.com/2023/10/23/miss-attorney-general-announces-arrests-sexual-exploitation-minors/
» https://www.supertalk.fm/mississippi-cybercrime-operation-leads-to-arrests-for-sexual-exploitation-of-minors/ 

▫️17 Men Including a Prosecutor Arrested in Multi-Agency Sting Operation Targeting Internet Child Sex Predators
They all face charges for luring a minor with a computer to engage in sex. Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson confirmed to News 3 earlier this week that Tanner Castro was employed as a deputy district attorney for about 45 days before he was terminated Monday following his arrest.
» https://www.westernjournal.com/17-men-including-prosecutor-arrested-multi-agency-sting-operation-targeting-internet-child-sex-predators/
» https://news3lv.com/news/local/ex-clark-county-prosecutor-facing-child-luring-charges-in-henderson-das-office-southern-nevada-las-vegas-tanner-castro-crime-courts-police-jail# 

▫️Cleveland police patrolman indicted on child pornography charges
A man authorities say distributed child pornography, including an explicit image of a child believed to be younger than 12, was a Cleveland police officer when the offenses occurred. A federal indictment, unsealed Friday, charges Brandon N. Crites, 32, of Parma, with a count of receipt and distribution of visual depictions of real minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and a count of possession of child pornography.
» https://fox8.com/news/doj-cleveland-police-officer-shared-child-porn/
»  https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2023/10/cleveland-police-officer-charged-with-possessing-child-porn.html
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▫️Cleveland hip-hop artist, once facing 10-year sentence in human trafficking case, gets 8 months in prison
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A local entrepreneur who once boasted in hip-hop music videos about running a lucrative sex ring was sentenced Monday to eight months in prison on a felony prostitution charge.
Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Alicia Paolucci told a judge during a sentencing hearing that the videos showed 34-year-old Dawud Sami had no remorse for his crimes that led two women to contact the Cuyahoga County Human Trafficking Task Force last year.
https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2023/10/cleveland-hip-hop-artist-once-facing-10-year-sentence-in-human-trafficking-case-gets-8-months-behind-bars.html 

▫️Man charged with trying to kidnap teen girl near Granger High School
Jonathan Martinez Calata, 21, was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with attempted aggravated kidnapping, a second-degree felony.
» https://www.ksl.com/article/50761822/man-charged-with-trying-to-kidnap-teen-girl-near-granger-high-school
» https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/10/23/man-charged-with-trying-kidnap/ 

▫️Another Sex Predator Nabbed in TX: Six Offenders Still At Large
In the last two months, the Texas Department of Public Safety - along with city and county law enforcement agencies - have been working feverishly to capture several child sexual predators in the state of Texas. While rewards are being offered, only four of the top 10 have been captured this year. This past weekend another of the Top 10 Most Wanted Child Sexual Offenders was captured. Robert Kip Williams had been on the run and hiding from the law since November 2022. He was captured on Friday, October 19, 2023.
https://keanradio.com/texas-dangerous-child-sexual-predator-nabbed/ 

▫️Teen, 16, arrested in Tracy on human trafficking, pimping charges
TRACY - A 16-year-old Tracy teen has been arrested on human trafficking charges. According to the Turlock Police Department, on October 15, authorities arrested a 16-year-old male at the Fresno County Fair on suspicion of human trafficking of a minor by force, pimping, and pandering. The teen, whose name has not been released due to his age, was booked the next day into Stanislaus County Juvenile Hall. Police say that investigators found out about the suspect's involvement with human trafficking during another investigation, which remains active.
» https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/teen-16-arrested-in-tracy-on-human-trafficking-pimping-charges/
» https://www.kcra.com/article/16-year-old-arrested-connection-human-trafficking-minor-turlock-police/45618881# 
» https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/local-news/teen-arrested-at-big-fresno-fair-was-suspected-of-human-trafficking-in-turlock/
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▫️Lubbock man accused of sex trafficking missing teen agrees to plead guilty
LUBBOCK, Texas — A man accused of traveling across state lines with the intention of sex trafficking a teenager, Deryan Thomas, 32, agreed to plead guilty to Interstate Transportation to Engage in Prostitution, according to federal court records obtained by EverythingLubbock.com on Monday. Thomas, Cameron Phifer, 24, and Bianka Vega, 23, were initially indicted in June on Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking of a Minor, Sex Trafficking and Attempted Sex Trafficking of a Minor, Interstate Transportation to Engage in Prostitution and two other charges. Federal court documents stated a teenager went missing from her Lubbock home in November of 2022. Court records said Thomas, Phifer and Vega took the victim to Odessa and taught her how to be a prostitute. 
https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/local-news/lubbock-man-accused-of-sex-trafficking-missing-teen-agrees-to-plead-guilty/ 

▫️NJ Predator Pleads Guilty To Fooling Underage Girl Into Sharing Nudes
A New Jersey man admitted posing as someone else to get a minor to pose naked online for him.
Federal authorities had charged Sunil Vaid, 51, of North Brunswick with posing online as various people, including a man seeking romance, a woman offering career help and a personal trainer to meet underage victims.
https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/middlesex/nj-predator-pleads-guilty-to-fooling-underage-girl-into-sharing-nudes/ 

▫️Norwich Township firefighter accused of buying child porn resigns
Former Norwich Township firefighter Caden Woodward, who was accused of purchasing child porn via a phone app, has resigned, the fire department has confirmed. Woodward was arrested on October 11 following an investigation that began in September. Police said he had been using CashApp to purchase illicit images of a minor from out of state. Woodward had been placed on paid administrative leave immediately following his arrest, and has since officially resigned from the fire department. Norwich Township Fire Chief David Baird issued the following statement after Woodward resigned on Friday
https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/norwich-township-firefightwer-accused-of-buying-child-porn-resigns-caden-woodward-illicit-images-police-investigation-north-carolina# 

▫️Philadelphia priest pleads guilty to sexually abusing 13-year-old altar server, victim calls the abuse a “nightmare”
A Philadelphia priest has admitted he sexually abused a 16-year-old altar server at a church in Andorra in what she described in court Monday as a “nightmare.” The Rev. Armand Garcia, 54, pleaded guilty to corruption of a minor and unlawful contact with a minor in the abuse of the now-25-year-old woman, starting when she was 16 and an altar server at the Immaculate Heart of Mary parish in the Andorra neighborhood.
» https://www.inquirer.com/crime/philadelphia-priest-armand-garcia-sexual-abuse-victim-impact-statement-20231023.html
» https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/10/philadelphia-priest-pleads-guilty-to-sexually-abusing-a-16-year-old-altar-server-who-said-she-endured-a-nightmare/
» https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/former-philadelphia-priest-armand-garcia-sexual-abuse-minor/ 

▫️Muskingum County man gets life in prison for raping children
A 41-year-old Dresden man convicted by jurors on 31 counts related to the ongoing sexual abuse of three children was sentenced to prison recently. Jason Newlon was ordered to life in prison by Muskingum County Common Pleas Court Judge Kelly Cottrill. In a case prosecuted by Assistant Prosecutor Gerald Anderson, Newlon was found guilty on 18 counts of rape, 10 counts of gross sexual imposition and three counts of endangering children.
https://highlandcountypress.com/muskingum-county-man-gets-life-prison-raping-children 

▫️Brooklyn Man who Fled Justice to Israel Sentenced to Prison For Sexually Abusing Three Female Relatives
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that a 67-year-old Brooklyn man who fled to Israel in 2010 to escape charges that he repeatedly sexually assaulted young relatives has been sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to course of sexual conduct against a child. The District Attorney identified the defendant as Gershon Kranczer, 67, of Midwood, Brooklyn. He was sentenced today by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Jill Konviser to nine years in prison and 10 years’ post release supervision, following his guilty plea in August 2023 to second-degree course of sexual conduct against a child.
http://brooklynda.org/2023/10/23/brooklyn-man-who-fled-justice-to-israel-sentenced-to-prison-for-sexually-abusing-three-female-relatives/  

▫️Human Trafficking Victims Share The Horrors They Went Through in Houston, Academy Award Winning Actress Helps Raise $1 Million For the Fight
Little could have been more moving at the Crime Stoppers recent fundraiser than when dinner chair Jennifer Hohman took the stage to share the ordeals of women in the room whose lives had been forever changed by human trafficking. As Hohman read their stories, the brave survivors, many teary eyed, stood and received standing ovations for their courage. This rare moment of heartfelt emotion reflected Jennifer and Chris “Kip” Hohman‘s commitment to aiding in the fight against the horrific crime. The loathsomeness of human trafficking was focus of the event that raised $1 million for the full breadth of Crime Stoppers mission of fighting crime.
https://www.papercitymag.com/society/houston-crime-stoppers-fights-human-trafficking-actress-mira-sorvino/ 

▫️Inside Los Angeles’ sex market, where women sell sex for $40
Emboldened by new California laws that make it nearly impossible for cops to bust prostitutes, sex workers in Los Angeles’ red light district stalk for business wearing no more than thongs, G-strings, and high heels in broad daylight. A 40-block area of Figueroa Boulevard in South LA sees hundreds of prostitutes, some barely out of their teens, plying their trade since Gov. Gavin Newsom passed the controversial Safer Streets for All Act, which decriminalized loitering with the intent to work as a prostitute in January.
https://nypost.com/2023/10/23/inside-los-angeles-sex-market-where-women-sell-sex-for-40/  (VIDEO) 

▫️Nonprofit group to host event urging St. George residents to break silence on polygamy, human trafficking
ST. GEORGE — An upcoming event will spotlight polygamy and its occasional connection with human trafficking. For the past 15 years, Tonia Tewell has worked against human trafficking. As the executive director of Holding Out Help (short for helping, encouraging and loving polygamists), a Draper-based nonprofit that provides resources to individuals leaving polygamy, Tewell and her team have assisted over 2,700 clients as they transition out of polygamist communities, according to a press release issued by the organization. This year, Holding Out Help’s fall fundraiser will be held in St. George for the first time. The Nov. 17 event will focus on the various forms of human trafficking occurring within some polygamist communities.
https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2023/10/23/prc-nonprofit-group-to-host-event-urging-st-george-residents-to-break-silence-on-polygamy-human-trafficking/ 

▫️Attorney General Bonta Supports Sex Trafficking Victims' Right to Full Restitution
OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed an amicus brief in the First District Court of Appeal supporting the right of a survivor of sex trafficking to receive restitution from her trafficker. The Superior Court found that because commercial sex proceeds are illegal, she was not entitled to restitution. The amicus brief argues that according to California's broad restitution statute, victims' rights under California's constitution, and Penal Code section 1202.4, subdivision (p), in cases of human trafficking, the victim is entitled to full restitution in this case.
https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-supports-sex-trafficking-victims-right-full-restitution 
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▫️Operation Boogeyman: 14 potential sexual predators arrested in Fresno County
FRESNO, Calif. – A total of 14 men were arrested as part of a multi-agency operation to identify people trying to target children for sex, according to the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office.  Detectives posed as preteen and early teenage boys and girls and arranged a time to meet with the suspects. The suspects were arrested when they arrived for the meet. "If you go after our children, we will come after you," said Stephen Woolery, the director of the California DOJ Bureau of Investigations.
» https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/local-news/watch-fresno-county-law-enforcement-details-operation-bogeyman/  (VIDEO)
» https://abc30.com/operation-boogeyman-undercover-sting-14-arrests-child-predators/13966798/  (VIDEO)
» https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-announces-14-arrests-part-sexual-predator-apprehension 

▫️59-year-old woman arrested for pimping and pandering, two survivors
The South San Francisco Police Department arrested a 59-year-old woman on Oct. 19. for allegedly managing a commercial sex operation. Services were provided to the workers/victims by San Mateo County’s Human Trafficking Program Coordinator. A search warrant allowed the officers to find two potential victims or workers and two sex buyers. Evidence of an active operation was seized, including a significant amount of money. Anyone with information on this case or other human trafficking cases is asked to call the South San Francisco Police Department or the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-887-373-7888. Calls are confidential, toll-free, and 24/7.
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/59-year-old-woman-arrested-for-pimping-and-pandering-in-south-sf/ 

▫️University City High School teacher arrested, accused of trying to meet minor for sex
A University City High School science teacher and cross-country coach was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of trying to meet up with a teenage girl for sex acts. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Sean Stevenson, 58, exchanged text messages with an undercover law enforcement officer who claimed to be a woman sexually trafficking her 16-year-old cousin. Prosecutors allege Stevenson arranged to pay $140 for sex acts with the girl.
» https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/university-city-high-school-teacher-arrested-accused-of-trying-to-meet-minor-for-sex/3336596/
» https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/san-diego-teacher-arrested-on-suspicion-of-attempting-to-pay-for-sex-with-minor/ 

▫️Man connected to Alicia Navarro disappearance arrested, charged with sex 
GLENDALE, AZ — The Montana Attorney General's Office announced on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, that it is charging Edmund Davis with two felony counts of sexual abuse of children, following an investigation into the case of missing Arizona teenager Alicia Navarro. Navarro had shown up at the Havre Police Station on Sunday, July 23, 2023. She told police that she had been reported missing and wanted to "clear her status."
» https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-12668261/Man-linked-missing-Arizona-teen-Alicia-Navarro-arrested-child-sex-abuse-charges.html
» https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/man-connected-to-alicia-navarro-case-arrested-charged-with-child-sex-abuse
» https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/montana-man-investigated-in-disappearance-of-18445499.php 

▫️Allegheny County sex offenders arrested at Route 60 motel
A tip on a child endangerment case sent in to police led to the arrest of multiple sex offenders, the Allegheny County Sheriff says. Sherriff Kevin Kraus said his detectives were alerted that 34-year-old Joseph Neidermeyer, wanted since earlier this month by Ohio Township Police on charges of endangering the welfare of children and simple assault, was residing in a motel on Route 60. nother man, Lee Chew, was with Neidermeyer at the time of his arrest. Chew is a registered sex offender who Kraus said had recently left the Renewal Center without permission and was the subject of a state parole detainer. After the arrest of Chew and Neidermeyer, the sheriff's office learned two additional sex offenders who had left the same center and had detainers were also at the motel. Detectives later found Amber Avery and Anthony Ditton.
» https://www.wtae.com/article/route-60-sex-offenders-arrest-motel/45626789   (VIDEO)
» https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/tip-child-endangerment-suspect-leads-arrest-registered-sex-offenders-allegheny-county/32TI3EAPIFDKLLBICQZ7YCOF7Q/   (VIDEO) 
» https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/child-endangerment-tip-leads-to-arrest-of-several-sex-offenders/ 

▫️Suspect arrested in human trafficking operation
OKLAHOMA CITY — One person is under arrest and one is still on the run in connection to a large-scale human trafficking investigation. Investigators say they were running a brothel inside a northwest Oklahoma City home. The investigation took place between October 2022 and February 2023 at a home in Northwest Oklahoma City. Investigators say during that time, around 12 women were trafficked. Feng Jiang was taken into custody on the Oklahoma warrant by the New York State Attorney General’s Office and the New York City Police Department on Tuesday. His alleged accomplice, Jian Lin, is still a fugitive from multiple Oklahoma warrants.
» https://www.news9.com/story/65383be9535cc7042951da35/1-suspect-arrested-in-nw-okc-human-trafficking-investigation
» https://kfor.com/news/local/suspect-arrested-in-human-trafficking-operation/ 

▫️Dallas couple allegedly tries to bring ‘fake’ child, Mexican girl into US
EL PASO, Texas – Two Dallas residents are facing alien smuggling charges for allegedly using their son’s and their granddaughter’s birth certificates to bring two unauthorized Mexican nationals into the United States. Jorge and Maria de Jesus Mendez on Monday morning attempted to drive from Mexico to the U.S. over the Colombia Solidarity Bridge in Laredo, Texas, with two passengers in the back seat. The woman identified herself as an American citizen and her husband as a legal permanent resident, both from Dallas.
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/dallas-couple-allegedly-tries-to-bring-fake-child-mexican-girl-into-us/ 

▫️Woman admits to running migrant stash house in Chaparral, New Mexico
EL PASO, Texas – A woman who allegedly supervised a home where 16 foreign nationals were kept with minimal food and water for more than a week has pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to transport unauthorized migrants from Southern New Mexico to the interior of the United States. By entering her plea in the U.S. Federal District Court for the District of New Mexico, Jacqueline Torres is requesting leniency from the maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for the offense, court records show. One material witness told investigators she and other migrants were threatened and verbally abused at the stash house.
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/woman-admits-to-running-migrant-stash-house-in-new-mexico/ 

▫️Lubbock Police captures ‘armed and dangerous’ sex offender
LUBBOCK, Texas — The Lubbock Police Department on Tuesday said absconded sex offender Robert Cooks, 52, was taken into custody. Online jail records showed Cooks was arrested Sunday near 34th Street and Boston Avenue. Police previously asked for the public’s help locating Cooks on October 17. He was described as “armed and dangerous.”
» https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/local-news/lubbock-police-captures-armed-and-dangerous-sex-offender/  (VIDEO)
» https://www.kcbd.com/2023/10/24/investigators-arrest-sex-offender-who-failed-turn-himself/ 

▫️Texas migrant deaths four arrested, charged in human trafficking operation that left 53 dead

▫️Predator In Bel Air Used Hidden Camera To Film Underage Girls In His Bathroom, Feds Say
Charles Wheat III, 38, pleaded guilty in federal court to producing sexually explicit images of at least five minors while they used the bathroom in his Bel Air home, authorities announced. According to the plea, between April and November 2020, What used the hidden camera to produce sexually explicit imagery of five girls who used a bathroom in his home, while also cooperating with sex traffickers in the Philippines who he paid for videos of minors being sexually exploited.
https://dailyvoice.com/maryland/harford/predator-in-bel-air-used-hidden-camera-to-film-underage-girls-in-his-bathroom-feds-say/ 

▫️Clinton man charged for allegedly enticing a minor for sex, sending obscene materials
Michael James McArdle, 25, of Clinton, is charged in Clinton County District Court with one count of enticing a minor under the age of 16 for sexual purpose. The charge is a Class D felony under Iowa law that carries a prison sentence of five years.
https://qctimes.com/news/local/crime-courts/clinton-man-charged-for-allegedly-enticing-a-minor-for-sex-sending-obscene-materials/article_375168ae-720d-11ee-8fc4-a3db28f3eb0e.html 

▫️How human trafficking impacts DeSoto County and North Mississippi
The D.A.’s office partnered with Mississippians Against Human Trafficking to hold an event this week educating the public about trafficking in the area.

▫️Join us in our nationwide fight to protect and defend children by enlisting in our “Get In The Fight” seminar & training session…this time up in Michigan, 8-9 DEC
Our team at America’s Future sincerely appreciates your support. Summit Panel speakers: Lara Logan, Tara Lee Rodas, Jaeson Jones, Christine Dolan &  Bazzel Baz.
https://www.americasfuture.net/get-in-the-fight-michigan/ 

▫️Mother files lawsuit after former Sanford foster parent discovered making child porn
Two nonprofits are accused of neglect after girls were sexually abused
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A mother of two children is suing nonprofit groups after a Sanford man pled guilty last year to producing videos of children being sexually exploited, according to court records. In February 2022, investigators announced the arrest of the Sanford man — Justin Johnson — who had been a foster parent with around 20 children placed in his care since 2019.
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/10/21/mother-files-lawsuit-after-former-sanford-foster-parent-discovered-making-child-porn/ 

▫️Diocese of Buffalo offering $100 million to sex abuse victims
The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo announced Tuesday it is pledging at least $100 million to survivors of sex abuse. The diocese says that with the help of parishes and other affiliate Catholic entities, it will create a pool of settlement funds of at least $100 million.
» https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2023/10/24/diocese-of-buffalo-to-offer--100m-to-abuse-victims
» https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/10/diocese-of-buffalo-offering-100-million-to-sex-abuse-victims/ 
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▫️Commercial Sex Operations Lead to Arrest by South San Francisco Police, two survivors
Earlier this month, our Criminal Interdiction Unit Detectives received information regarding a possible Commercial Sex Operation actively operating within an apartment on the 400 block of Cypress Avenue. A 59 year old female from Monterrey Park was determined to be managing the operation and placed under arrest for Pimping and Pandering related offenses. The San Mateo County’s Human Trafficking Program Coordinator was contacted, and services were provided to the workers after extensive debrief.
https://everythingsouthcity.com/2023/10/commercial-sex-operations-lead-to-arrest-by-south-san-francisco-police/ 

▫️North Carolina man wanted for Attempted Murder, Kidnapping captured in Va.
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — A man is facing several charges including attempted murder after allegedly kidnapping a teenage girl at knifepoint from North Carolina. According to Christiansburg Police, on Monday, Oct. 23, 18-year-old Fransisco De Jesus Delgado Arevalo allegedly entered a home in High Point, North Carolina, forced the victim out with a knife, put her into the vehicle, and drove off. 
https://www.wfxrtv.com/local-crime/north-carolina-man-wanted-for-attempted-murder-kidnapping-captured-in-va/ 

▫️Woman accused of fatally drugging men to rob them while meeting for sex
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio Attorney General David Yost said the arrest of a serial killer who targeted men looking to buy sex has opened up an investigation into other potential victims. A Columbus woman was indicted on more charges, including four murder counts, for allegedly dosing men paying for sex with drugs to steal from them. Rebbeca Auborn, 33, was originally indicted in September. The criminal complaint that led to her future indictment accused her of mixing fentanyl into a 'John's' crack pipe.
» https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/columbus-woman-indicted-accused-of-fatally-drugging-men-to-steal
» https://www.wkbn.com/news/ohio/dont-buy-sex-in-ohio-it-could-cost-your-life-ag-says/
» https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Media/News-Releases/October-2023/Columbus-Woman-Indicted-in-Serial-Killings 

▫️Former Boys and Girls Club of Central Wyoming employee pleads not guilty to six child sex abuse charges
A Casper man, who was fired from Boys and Girls Club of Central Wyoming after being accused of sexually abusing a minor, pleaded not guilty. Daniel Joseph Uptain, 38, is charged with three counts of third-degree sexual assault of a minor, two counts of second-degree sexual assault of a minor and one count of sexual exploitation of children.
https://trib.com/news/local/crime-courts/natrona-county-child-sexual-abuse-charges/article_193dc190-7367-11ee-8b1c-2390bd7042c2.html 

▫️2 people accused of sex trafficking minors face multiple charges
PORTLAND, Ore. - Two people accused of sex trafficking minors were arrested earlier this month, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday. A grand jury indicted both suspects on several charges including promoting prostitution and compelling prostitution of a minor. They arrested 27-year-old Dwight Dew Jr. and took evidence from the home. Four days later they also arrested 22-year-old Emily Herrera. The sheriff's office says the trafficking ring operated in several states and involved women from Oregon, Washington, California, and North Carolina. Over a dozen people, including two juveniles, have been connected to the ring.
» https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/2-people-accused-of-sex-trafficking-minors-face-multiple-charges-deputies/
» https://katu.com/news/local/2-arrested-in-connection-with-sex-trafficking-ring 

▫️ERO New York City arrests Bangladeshi citizen convicted of child sex abuse | ICE
NEW YORK — On March 6, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York City arrested a citizen of Bangladesh convicted of sexual abuse of a person less than 14 years old. Fugitive Operations officers apprehended the 40-year-old child predator pursuant to a warrant of arrest in Queens.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-new-york-city-arrests-bangladeshi-citizen-convicted-child-sex-abuse 

▫️Laredo CBP officers apprehend fugitive sought for employing the sexual performance of a child
LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, Laredo Port of Entry officers detained Oscar Roman Alonzo, a 32-year-old male U.S. citizen, wanted for employing/ inducing the sexual performance of a child. 
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/laredo-cbp-officers-apprehend-fugitive-sought-employing-sexual 

▫️Alleged PA Child Rapist Arrested by U.S. Marshals in Manchester
Concord, NH – The U.S. Marshals Service – NH Joint Fugitive Task Force safely apprehended a Pennsylvania fugitive early at a hotel on Brown Ave. in Manchester. A bench warrant for Marcus McDaniel, 37, of Coatesville, PA was issued on Monday after he did not report to jury selection at the Lycoming County Court holding his trial. Once McDaniel has been successfully returned to Pennsylvania, he will join the trial he attempted to flee from but started today without him. McDaniel faces allegations of first-degree felony rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, unlawful contact with a minor, indecent assault – person less than 13 years, endangering the welfare of children, corruption of minors, and criminal attempt—rape of a child.
https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/press-release/alleged-pa-child-rapist-arrested-us-marshals-manchester 

▫️Gov. Kim Reynolds Holds Press Briefing About Iowa Troops' Role In Operation Lone Star

▫️Palm Coast man repeatedly raped child, sheriff's detectives say
A Palm Coast man was arrested Tuesday after a months-long investigation determined he repeatedly raped a child over several years, the Flagler County Sheriff's Office announced on Wednesday. Jessy Kalani Andrew Gilbreath, 28, listed as a transient in his booking information, was charged with five counts of sexual battery on a minor 12 to18 years old by a person in familial or custodial authority, and one count of sexual battery on a minor less than 12 years of age.
https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/flagler/2023/10/25/palm-coast-man-repeatedly-raped-child-sheriffs-detectives-say/71318142007/ 

▫️Man charged with child sex trafficking arrested
COLUMBIA, Mo. - A man who was charged in September with child sex trafficking was booked into the Boone County Jail on Tuesday night. Julian Velez, 19, was charged with second-degree child sex trafficking and child enticement. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. Casenet indicates his address as Columbia.
https://abc17news.com/news/crime/2023/10/25/man-charged-with-child-sex-trafficking-arrested/ 

▫️Monroe police: Soccer academy owner accused of sexually assaulting child
MONROE, N.C. — A Monroe man who owns a soccer academy is charged with two counts of sex crimes against children. According to police, Jorge Armando Palma Suastegui, 45, was arrested Tuesday. The arrest came after police had started investigating a potential child sexual assault at the Union Soccer Academy on Nelda Drive. The investigation began on Monday.
https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/police-monroe-man-charged-after-child-sex-assault-reported-soccer-academy/P634XBK42JCHFMY3VKOWJIYO2I/ 

▫️Tecumseh man pleads guilty to raping two teens in 2022
TECUMSEH, Okla. – A Tecumseh man has pleaded guilty to holding two girls at knifepoint and raping them. During 32-year-old Cliffton Davila’s trial in September, he initially pleaded not guilty – but after listening to the victims recount the horrific encounters, he surprised the courtroom.
https://kfor.com/news/local/tecumseh-man-pleads-guilty-to-raping-two-teens-in-2022/ 

▫️New report shows more people reporting human trafficking cases
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS38lRooZEc 

▫️Riverton man sentenced to prison for drugging, raping and trafficking teenage girls
Calan Nelson Clifford was sentenced to prison in the 3rd District Court on Monday in two cases, with two different teenage victims. At first, he declined to share any remarks, but after hearing comments from one victim and the other victim's parents, he said he was sorry multiple times. Clifford was sentenced to at least five years and up to life in prison for rape, a first-degree felony; between one and 15 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor, a second-degree felony; and up to five years in prison for distributing controlled substances, a third-degree felony.
https://www.ksl.com/article/50763313/riverton-man-sentenced-to-prison-for-drugging-raping-and-trafficking-teenage-girls 

▫️Non-profit hosting event to help end human trafficking
Coming up in November faith-based organization Rescued and Redeemed will be hosting a fundraiser to combat human trafficking in the area. The event "Everlasting Hope" will host speakers to discuss the solutions available for survivors and ways the community can help combat trafficking in the Chippewa Valley. 
https://www.wqow.com/news/daybreak/non-profit-hosting-event-to-help-end-human-trafficking/article_a8f75948-73f5-11ee-901e-3f5f421228ab.html 
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▫️Teen indicted after police say he kidnapped children in Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A teenager has been indicted by the Davidson County grand jury after prosecutors say he broke into a woman’s home and kidnapped her children. James Ezekiel Johnson, 19, was indicted Wednesday, Oct. 25 on several charges, including three counts of especially aggravated kidnapping, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated burglary.
https://www.wsmv.com/2023/10/26/teen-indicted-after-police-say-he-kidnapped-children-nashville/ 

▫️Cincinnati man pleads guilty to sex trafficking missing Indiana teen
CINCINNATI - A Cincinnati man could face up to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to sex trafficking a teenage girl according to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio Kenneth Parker. Court documents say Payton Jamar Brown, 26, trafficked the 16-year-old from June until October 2022 and again in February 2023. Brown met the victim on an online dating app and began a relationship with her, Parker said. As part of his plea, Brown will forfeit his home in Colerain Township and proceeds of the sale will be given to his victim.
https://www.fox19.com/2023/10/25/cincinnati-man-pleads-guilty-sex-trafficking-missing-indiana-teen/    (VIDEO) 

▫️Convicted sex offender charged after missing North Carolina teen located in Missouri
UNION COUNTY, N.C.  – A convicted sex offender has been charged with numerous offenses after he convinced a 16-year-old girl from Monroe to run away with him, according to the Monroe Police Department. Lauren Heath, who had been missing since Friday, Oct. 13, and Christopher James Porter, 30, were located by law enforcement in a Lowe’s parking lot off I-44 in Kirkwood, Missouri. “She is safe and is being reunited with her family,” Monroe Police said. “We ask that you please respect Ms. Heath and her family as they process the events of the past 12 days and allow them the space and privacy needed to begin to heal and recover from this experience.” This continues to be an active, ongoing investigation. 
» https://kfor.com/news/convicted-sex-offender-charged-after-missing-monroe-teen-located-in-missouri/
» https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/missing-union-county-teen-found-safe-police-say/MFBGMDIPHNAXRMYXOU4GUAMWPE/
» https://truecrimedaily.com/2023/10/26/convicted-sex-offender-christopher-porter-lauren-heath-missing-teen-missouri-north-carolina/ 

▫️Former Phelps County deputy indicted by federal grand jury
A federal grand jury has indicted a former Phelps County Sheriff’s deputy. The grand jury indicted Justin Durham on one count of sexual exploitation of children, two counts of possession of child pornography, and two counts of altering or destroying records. A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office said more women came forward during the investigation, alleging Durham demanded sex or sexually explicit images after making a traffic stop. The FBI asked anyone with information about Durham to call (314) 589-2500.
https://krcgtv.com/news/local/former-phelps-county-deputy-indicted-by-federal-grand-jury 

▫️Colorado man arrested, accused of human trafficking, one survivor, officials seeking any additional victims
One man is in the Jefferson County Jail, accused of crimes associated with human trafficking & pimping and authorities are searching for more victims. Roman Rivera may have victimized other women and possibly underage girls in the metro area, the sheriff's office said. Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies, along with assistance from Denver police, arrested Roman Bear Rivera for human trafficking. Rivera, 39, was arrested on Oct. 19 for sexual servitude and pimping, all felony charges. Anyone with information about Rivera, or who may be a victim, is asked to contact the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office tipline at 303.271.5612.
» https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-roman-bear-rivera-arrested-accused-human-trafficking/
» https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/human-trafficking-arrest/73-d609a68d-01bd-4ebb-8c61-e97632ccb6fd  

▫️Major child abuse/trafficking guilty pleas to the US District Attorney in Western New York
BUFFALO, N.Y. — U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Andrew Vallone, 47, of Tonawanda, NY, pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography. 
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Adrian Petty, 28, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to interstate travel for purposes of prostitution. Petty transported a Minor Victim he met on Facebook from the State of New York to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, so that the  Minor Victim could engage in commercial sex acts in Pennsylvania. Petty admits that he posted online commercial sex advertisements relating to the Minor Victim.
ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Scott Fiordeliso, 33 of Webster, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with attempted enticement of a minor. 
https://wellsvillesun.com/blog/2023/10/26/child-major-arrests-by-the-us-district-attorney-in-western-new-york/ 

▫️Memphis man arrested accused of forcing woman into prostitution
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis man has been arrested in Florida, accused of forcing a woman he met at a South Florida mall into prostitution in three states. Brandon Williams, 43, was arrested at a pawnshop in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Oct. 24, 2023, and charged with human trafficking, deriving proceeds from the support of prostitution, felon in possession of a firearm, interference with custody, false imprisonment, and battery. According to the Miami police affidavit, officers there found the victim Oct. 10 after responding to reports of a woman screaming at a Miami Springs hotel. They found the victim with a bloody nose, carrying her 1-year-old daughter.
https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/crime/memphis-man-arrested-in-florida-accused-of-forcing-woman-into-prostitution-in-three-states-pimp/522-8a443b7b-f8d3-4136-a90e-9a2c804b6845 

▫️Logansport Police: 2 arrested in child molestation case of girl
LOGANSPORT, Ind. — The Logansport Police Department announced two people were arrested in connection to an ongoing child molestation investigation, Thursday. Detectives said they learned that a juvenile female was reportedly sexually assaulted by 38-year-old Mikel Fort. Amanda Sayger, 36, was also identified by police as a co-conspirator in the assaults. Fort was preliminarily charged with child molest and conspiracy to commit child molest, both Level 1 felonies. Sayger was arrested for conspiracy to commit child molest, Level 1 felony; promotion of child sex trafficking, Level 3 felony; and neglect of a dependent, Level 6 felony. Police are asking anyone with additional information about the investigation to contact detectives at (574) 725-2822 or email jrozzi@logansportpolice.com.
https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/2-arrested-in-connection-to-logansport-child-molestation-case-of-juvenile-girl/ 

▫️Man arrested in connection to online solicitation of a minor
SAN ANTONIO — A man was arrested on Thursday in connection with a sting operation run by SAPD's Human Exploitation Unit for allegedly trying to solicit sex from a minor online.  The unit seeks out and arrests online predators that target children as their victims. Police identified the suspect as 46-year-old Anthony Martinez. According to authorities, Martinez believe he was messaging a child and arrived in "the vicinity of a school with the intention of meeting with a minor female to engage in sexual conduct."
https://www.kens5.com/article/news/crime/san-antonio-texas-online-solicitation-minoir-sapd-police-arrest/273-1d6dbd04-688c-45d2-a375-ff1680bd2060  (VIDEO) 

▫️Men sexually battered and molested Volusia children in separate cases
Two men were arrested Wednesday accused of sexually battering and molesting children in two separate Volusia County cases, authorities said. Edward Prokop, 71, of New Smyrna Beach was in the Volusia County Branch Jail without bail Thursday charged with sexual battery on a person less than 12 years old, and lewd and lascivious molestation by a person over 18 years old on a person less than 12 years of age. In a separate incident, Timothy Anderson, 33, of Winter Springs was arrested for a sex offense he allegedly committed while he lived at a home near DeLand where he babysat two boys. Anderson was charged with one count of lewd and lascivious molestation. Sheriff's detectives have also filed a second count with the State Attorney's Office, according to an arrest report.
https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/crime/2023/10/26/men-sexually-battered-and-molested-volusia-children-in-separate-cases/71330694007/ 

▫️Former Metro Atlanta church leader accused of molesting 15-year-old boy
COBB COUNTY, Ga. - An Acworth man who once had a leadership role at a popular Cobb County church has been arrested. Even more concerning, Cobb Police have charged him with four counts of child molestation for his alleged encounters with a 15-year-old boy who attended the church. Cobb County police arrested Marcus Turner on Oct. 6. A spokesperson for Worship with Wonders Church confirmed Turner's leadership role as director of operations ended in December 2021.
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/former-metro-atlanta-church-leader-accused-molesting-teen  

▫️Biker Group helps catch suspected child predator in Cedar Rapids
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The actions of members of a biker group led to the arrest of an Ohio man, after he enticed who he believed to be a 13-year-old to have sex. That’s according to a criminal complaint against Walter Conkright from Cincinnati, Ohio. He faces a charge of enticing a minor under the age of 16 for sexual purpose.
https://www.kcrg.com/2023/10/26/biker-group-helps-catch-suspected-child-predator-cedar-rapids/  

▫️One Of Texas Most Wanted Sex Offenders Caught, $3000 Reward Paid
An anonymous tip through Crimestoppers led to the arrest of one of Texas' 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders back in August of this year, that tip paid $3000, and the arrest meant that this man is off the streets once again. On August 4, 2023, Larry Ray Capko, also known as Larry Capcoat and Larry Ray Cornstubble, who was previously affiliated with the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, and one of Texas's 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders, was apprehended in Fort Worth.
https://kfyo.com/ixp/152/p/texas-most-wanted-sex-offenders-caught/  

▫️Española man makes plea deal for probation in child sex abuse case
A Rio Arriba County man who eluded police for more than two years after he was charged in 2018 with abusing two children has taken a plea deal that calls for probation. A grand jury indicted Jeff Naranjo, 54, of Española on four counts — criminal sexual penetration, criminal sexual contact of a minor unclothed, criminal sexual contact of a minor and child abuse — after two children told investigators he had abused them when they were left in his care between 2015 and 2017, court records show.
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/espa-ola-man-makes-plea-deal-for-probation-in-child-sex-abuse-case/article_a85c6826-7430-11ee-9741-375e839ca702.html 

▫️San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office Announces 67-Year-Old Sex Predator Arrested
October 25, Sheriff's Detectives arrested a Caliente, CA. man who had made electronic contact with someone he thought was a minor living in San Luis Obispo County. The man had agreed to meet with the minor for sex. When the suspect arrived at the agreed upon location in San Luis Obispo, Detectives arrested him. 67-year-old Mark Hershey was arrested for sending or showing harmful material to seduce a minor, contacting a minor with the intent to commit certain felonies, and arranging a meeting with a minor for a lewd purpose.
https://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/california/50884-san-luis-obispo-county-sheriff-s-office-announces-67-year-old-sex-predator-arrested  

▫️Former Anson teacher again arrested for child sex crimes
ANSONVILLE — On October 10, the Anson County Sheriff's Office arrested former Ansonville Elementary School teacher Clinton Justin Jones for charges connected to child sex crimes. This is the second time that Jones has been charged with sex crimes. His most recent arrest has resulted in 20 counts of first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.
https://ansonrecord.com/news/37257/former-anson-teacher-again-arrested-for-child-sex-crimes 

▫️UPDATE: Louisiana pastor charged with sexual abuse of teenage girl
Milton Martin, 56, of First Pentecostal Church of Chalmette, accused of abuse of girl, now 28, who was member of congregation. A grand jury in the New Orleans-area community of St Bernard parish indicted Martin on Tuesday, about seven months after he had been arrested in connection with the allegations and had made bail.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/26/louisiana-new-orleans-pastor-charged-sexual-abuse-milton-martin 

▫️Georgia businessman pleads guilty to possessing thousands of images of child porn
COLUMBUS, Ga. — A Georgia businessman has admitted to possessing child sexual abuse material and faces a maximum of 20 years in prison. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Georgia says Edward Sprouse Boyd, Sr., 49, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography on October 24. Boyd faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
https://www.wsbradio.com/news/local/georgia-businessman-pleads-guilty-possessing-thousands-images-child-porn/TVQHA4MCWNFPBOFQHQ2W2STVJU/ 

▫️Federal judge sentences Gainesville man to 60 years behind bars for producing child porn images
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A man from Gainesville will spend the next six decades in federal prison after being convicted of producing child pornography. Justin Harold Krumwiede, 42, of Gainesville, was convicted on two counts of production of child pornography. If he finishes his prison sentence, he will spend the rest of his life on supervised release as a registered sex offender.
» https://www.wcjb.com/2023/10/26/federal-judge-sentences-gainesville-man-60-years-behind-bars-producing-child-porn-images/
» https://alachuachronicle.com/newberry-man-sentenced-to-60-years-in-federal-prison-for-production-of-child-pornography/ 

▫️Man sentenced to 5 years for possessing child sex abuse images and stealing U.S. military ammunition
EVANSVILLE, Ind.  — Timothy Guy, 76, of Martin County, Indiana, has been sentenced to 5 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon, receiving stolen U.S. government property, and possession of child sexual abuse material.
» https://www.wishtv.com/news/indiana-news/man-sentenced-to-5-years-for-possessing-child-sex-abuse-images-and-stealing-u-s-military-ammunition/   (VIDEO)
» https://www.wbiw.com/2023/10/26/loogoottee-man-pleads-guilty-to-possession-of-firearm-and-ammunition-and-child-sexual-abuse-material/  

▫️Man arrested and charged with child molestation
HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. — A Houston County man was convicted of child molestation by a jury on Oct. 18 according to a press release from District Attorney William M. Kendall. The release says 62-year-old Mehmet Cekil was charged with aggravated child molestation, child molestation, and sexual battery to a person under 16. 
https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/local/houston-county-man-charged-with-child-molestation/93-79120a9c-f98a-433c-8817-9ad1d77d0d8f 

▫️Latin King gang member convicted of sex trafficking, obstruction and use of interstate facilities in aid of racketeering
MIAMI – On Oct. 25, a federal jury convicted a Latin King gang member of two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion; obstruction of sex trafficking enforcement, and use of interstate facilities in aid of racketeering. The convictions followed a seven-day jury trial in front of Chief District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga in Miami. Jason Wagner, aka “King Ace,” 41, of Miami, Florida, forced several women to engage in commercial sex since as early as 2003. To make his adult and underaged victims engage in commercial sex, Wagner locked them in his apartments, took their personal identification documents, subjected them to violence and threats of violence, and provided them with drugs. Wagner initially came to the attention of law enforcement after a woman alerted a good Samaritan that she was being held hostage in Wagner’s home.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/latin-king-gang-member-convicted-sex-trafficking-obstruction-and-use-interstate  

▫️Man who sexually abused dozens of children sentenced to 15 years in prison
AMARILLO, Texas  — A man in Texas who sexually abused dozens of children has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Last Monday, Matthew Walter Hite pleaded guilty to two counts of indecency with a child by sexual contact and one count each of sexual assault, sexual assault of a child, and solicitation to commit indecency with a child by sexual conduct.
https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/man-sexually-abused-dozens-kids-children-sentenced-15-years-prison-matthew-walter-hite-amarillo-texas 

▫️Alpine man will spend 78 months in prison after FBI found 2,000 videos of child pornography in his possession
ALPINE, Texas - Timothy Rey Korteland, 19, has been sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for possession of child sexual abuse material. According to court documents, Korteland, engaged in multiple conversations, sexual in nature, with a minor in another state over an app called Discord.
https://www.cbs7.com/2023/10/26/alpine-man-will-spend-78-months-prison-possession-child-pornography/  

▫️Elsmere man admits to child abuse, "human trafficking for forced labor"
The Delaware Attorney General's Office said Thursday that 34-year-old Martin Ortiz-Lozano pled guilty this month to child abuse and human trafficking a minor, and will spend 15 years in prison.
https://www.wdel.com/news/elsmere-man-admits-to-child-abuse-human-trafficking-for-forced-labor/article_5ceeb6de-742e-11ee-a5f2-fb3c2b376c14.html 

▫️Awaken-Human Trafficking Awareness Event Reno
Please register here for the upcoming human trafficking awareness event on Friday, October 27th at 7pm (doors open at 6pm) HALL 5 at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. This is event is free.
https://ccrs.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/1851637
https://calvarychapelreno.org/awaken 

▫️One voice hosts 'Experience Freedom' fundraiser, helping survivors of sex trafficking
LUBBOCK, Texas–One Voice, a therapeutic outpatient and residential program for survivors of sex trafficking, hosted its annual ‘Experience Freedom’ event on Thursday night at Sophia’s Place. 
https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/one-voice-hosts-experience-freedom-fundraiser-helping-survivors-of-sex-trafficking/ 

▫️International Justice Mission fundraiser to promote prevention of human trafficking
An all-day pop-up thrift store will take place Nov. 1 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Fountain Mall as Baylor’s chapter of the International Justice Mission hosts Threads, their annual fundraiser.
https://baylorlariat.com/2023/10/27/international-justice-system-fundraiser-to-promote-prevention-of-human-trafficking/ 

▫️Eighth Annual Largest Anti-Trafficking Awareness Event
Join local nonprofit IN OUR BACKYARD at Bend Tower Theater for our Eighth Annual Freedom Fundraiser, an evening filled with connection, hope, and of course FUN! This event will feature an auction, games, and raffle prizes. Entertainment and special guests include Nita Belles, Founder and President, and DJ Dave Clemens, radio show host for 105.7-KQAK.
https://cascadebusnews.com/eighth-annual-largest-anti-trafficking-awareness-event/  

▫️'Paradigm shift': Law enforcement changes approach to human trafficking victims
Daniel Nash, co-founder of the Human Trafficking Training Center, was one of several speakers at the “Too Close to Home: Uniting Against Human Trafficking” seminar at Maude Cobb Convention and Activity Center. The event was hosted by the Women’s Center of East Texas to educate people about the impact of sex trafficking in the region and how to spot it. Sex trafficking — where people of all ages, especially youth, are manipulated and forced to perform sex commercially — is one of the largest criminal enterprises in the world. It’s a $150 billion-per-year industry with an estimated 50 million victims across the world and country, Nash said. Trafficking is something law enforcement officers still aren’t fully educated on, Nash said. But he’s working to train thousands to help victims escape sex slavery and start new lives.
https://www.kilgorenewsherald.com/news/paradigm-shift-law-enforcement-changes-approach-to-human-trafficking-victims/article_1bb6332c-7294-11ee-9383-ef5460907350.html 

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▫️Convicted child sex offender wanted by US Marshals was Houston area leader
HOUSTON - A fugitive wanted by U.S. Marshals for failing to register as a sex offender, as it turns out was presenting himself as an area leader and using a different name. Around Houston, under the name of Khalid Rasheed, he would give out awards to area leaders. Come to find out Jacques Toombs a convicted sex offender in Missouri and now pictured on a U.S. Marshals wanted poster. If you know where  Jacque Toombs, also known as Khalid Rasheed is contact U.S. Marshals at 1-877-926-8332.
» https://www.fox26houston.com/news/fugitive-child-sex-offender-using-a-different-name-in-houston-giving-awards-to-area-leaders-now-on-the-run    (VIDEO)
» https://news.yahoo.com/convicted-child-sex-offender-wanted-235518864.html    (VIDEO) 

▫️ISP anti-human trafficking operation lands 6 behind bars
CHICAGO — An anti-human trafficking operation spearheaded by the Illinois State Police (ISP) has landed six people behind bars this week. All have been charged with indecent solicitation of a minor and traveling to meet a minor.
» https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/isp-anti-human-trafficking-operation-lands-6-behind-bars/
» https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/underage-sex-sting-men-joliet-lockport-bolingbrook-arrested
» https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2023/10/28/six-men-arrested-in-will-county-in-anti-human-trafficking-operation/ 

▫️Former WPAFB staff sergeant, Indiana professor charged in connection to human trafficking sting
DAYTON — A former Wright Patterson Air Force Base staff sergeant and an Indiana professor were among several charged after a recent statewide crackdown on human trafficking. Jason Goins, Shawn Rykken, Ramesh Karki, Brian Hubbard, and Anil Wagle were all charged in Dayton Municipal Court Friday. Rykken was previously identified as a former staff sergeant with the U.S. Air Force and Karki was identified as a professor at Indiana University. Goins was also identified as a major from the U.S. Air Force. He was not stationed at WPAFB, a spokesperson said. Goins, Rykken, Karki and Wagle were all charged with engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools. Hubbard was charged with sexual imposition, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest.
https://www.whio.com/news/local/former-wpafb-staff-sergeant-indiana-professor-charged-connection-human-trafficking-sting/EXGASNH6EBDUTG3VA4PMPMA5R4/ 

▫️USS Gravely sailor indicted on child sex charges in Norfolk
NORFOLK, Va. — A Navy sailor was indicted on federal child sex charges Wednesday, court documents show. Joshua Lee Ray is facing three counts of aggravated sexual abuse with children, one count of possession of child pornography and one count of destruction, alteration and falsification of records. His indictment also sought criminal forfeiture if he's convicted. An indictment document obtained by 13News Now accused Ray of victimizing a third person, a child under the age of 12, between June 2022 and October 2023.
https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/norfolk/navy-sailor-stationed-norfolk-indicted-child-sex-charges/291-9c34ded6-6d54-46d3-897a-4a7247d2c3e7 

▫️Federal sex trafficking suspect faces charges in South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.  — A federal sex trafficking suspect is headed back to South Dakota to face several charges. Court papers say Daniel Kubica trafficked at least four people. He allegedly used Facebook Messenger to set up meetings and then forced the victims to have sex for money. He is also wanted in Wyoming, where he violated probation. In that case, he pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution and endangering children.
» https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/federal-sex-trafficking-suspect-faces-charges-in-south-dakota/ 
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▫️Former Wrestling Federation treasurer convicted of multiple child sex abuse charges
DUNN COUNTY, Wis. - A Dunn County, Wisconsin, man with ties to an Iowa wrestling program has been convicted of multiple charges regarding child sexual abuse. Thomas Bartels, 76, was found guilty of one count of repeated sexual assault of the same child, three counts of first-degree child sex assault with a person under the age of 13, and one count of exposing genitals to a child.
https://www.fox9.com/news/former-wrestling-federation-treasurer-convicted-of-multiple-child-sex-abuse-charges 

▫️Predator catcher groups run 10th Bluffton operation in a year
Bluffton has recently become a popular site for online “vigilante” groups to facilitate sting operations for potential child predators, most of whom are not from the area. Since September 2022, 10 of these arrests have taken place. Predator Catchers Indianapolis, or PCI, is responsible for nine of the 10 arrests thus far. In all but one case, the suspect has been charged with child solicitation, a Level 4 felony. In the case of Jonathon Dickey, a 51-year-old man from Poneto, a Level 5 felony was applied instead.
https://news-banner.com/2023/10/predator-catcher-groups-run-10th-bluffton-operation-in-a-year-2/ 

▫️Cedar Rapids Police: Nonprofit ‘Bikers Against Predators’ led to an arrest at a Cedar Rapids hotel
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The group “Bikers Against Predators” said decoys spent weeks claiming to be underage on a number of apps. Wednesday, police said it led to the arrest of 27-year-old Walter Conkright of Ohio. Records show the group told authorities they were trying to meet a man who believed he was meeting with a 13-year-old girl to have sex.
» https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/bikers-against-predators-man-lured-by-fake-teen-profile-arrested-for-enticing-a-minor    (VIDEO)
» https://www.kcrg.com/2023/10/28/cedar-rapids-police-nonprofit-bikers-against-predators-led-an-arrest-cedar-rapids-hotel/ 

▫️Alleged victim punches convicted sex offender in Las Vegas courtroom
A now-adult alleged victim knocked out an 80-year-old convicted sex offender in court, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned.
» https://www.yourerie.com/news/alleged-victim-punches-80-year-old-convicted-sex-offender-in-las-vegas-courtroom/ 
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▫️Las Vegas man sentenced to life for child sex trafficking in Ellis County
A Las Vegas, Nevada man is going to prison for life in Texas for a human trafficking conviction. Ellis County District Attorney Ann Montgomery says this was the county's first-ever human trafficking jury trial. The jury convicted Deandre DeSuza of taking a 14-year-old girl to an Ellis County motel where he raped her and took explicit photos. After hospital testing, DNA proved DeSuza sexually assaulted her.
» https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/las-vegas-man-sentenced-to-life-for-child-sex-trafficking-in-ellis-county/ar-AA1iWQIE
» https://www.fox4news.com/news/deandre-desuza-human-trafficking-life-in-prison 

▫️A Pearl River man pled guilty to possessing child pornography in the Pearl River Community of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
William Henry, 25, pled guilty on October 24, 2023, in U.S. District Court in Jackson. According to court documents, Henry possessed in excess of 400 images of child pornography, with 20 of the images positively identified as specific children. Henry will be sentenced on January 22, 2024, and faces a maximum penalty of ten years in prison.
https://www.yazooherald.net/crime-press-releases/pearl-river-man-pleads-guilty-possessing-child-pornography 

▫️‘Serial pedophile’ to get an extra 25 years tacked onto sentence as part of plea deal
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – A convicted child molester who once called himself a “serial pedophile” will likely have 25 years tacked on to a 20-year prison sentence he’s already serving after pleading guilty to yet another count of child molesting Thursday. Donald D. Cornett, aka Dusty Cornett, pleaded guilty in Allen Superior Court to a Level 1 felony count of child molesting as part of a deal the 44-year-old made with Allen County prosecutors.The agreement calls for him to be sentenced to 25 years in prison, but that sentence is to be served consecutively to a 20-year sentence Cornett received in March in connection with a completely separate child molesting case.
https://www.wane.com/top-stories/serial-pedophile-to-get-an-extra-25-years-tacked-onto-sentence-as-part-of-plea-deal/ 

▫️January trial scheduled for Hastings man charged with sex crime against minor
HASTINGS, Neb. - A Hastings man accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old is scheduled for trial in January. George Janssen, 22, is charged with first degree sexual assault of a child, third degree sexual assault of a child, intentional child abuse and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The max penalty for a conviction on first degree sexual assault of a child is 50 years in prison.
https://www.1011now.com/2023/10/26/january-trial-scheduled-hastings-man-charged-with-sex-crime-against-minor/ 

▫️Four Men Sentenced in Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Crimes
Richard Alan Sisney, 69, of Tulsa, one count of receipt of a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct and one count possession of a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. 135 months followed by 10 years of supervised release. Kenneth James Loftin, 26, of Sapulpa, three 120 month sentences. Jeffery James Bucchino, 44, of Buford, Georgia, 300 months followed by lifetime supervision. Matthew Rame Griner Ramsey, 27, of Vinita, plead guilty on May 30, 2023, to abusive sexual contact with a minor under 12 years of age. 120 months followed by lifetime supervision.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndok/pr/four-men-sentenced-child-sexual-abuse-and-exploitation-crimes 

▫️Youth basketball coach sentenced to 15 years for producing child sexual abuse material
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — U.S. District Court Judge Aida Delgado-Colon sentenced Angel Gabriel Diaz-Rosado, a youth basketball coach from Toa Baja, to 15 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents arrested Diaz-Rosado in 2019 after he was charged with attempted production of child sexual abuse material, coercion and enticement of minors, and transfer of obscene material to a minor.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/youth-basketball-coach-sentenced-15-years-producing-child-sexual-abuse-material 

▫️Teacher at Sherwood High School arrested for child sex abuse
SHERWOOD, Ore. — The teacher, 24-year-old Mason Dominguez, was arrested Thursday and is being held at the Washington County Jail. He faces the following charges: one count of using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct, two counts of attempting to use a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct, two counts of luring a minor and one count of tampering with a witness. Sherwood police said it has identified multiple victims but believe there are more victims and witnesses to crimes allegedly committed by Dominguez. Anyone with information about this case is asked to reach out to the Sherwood Police Department at 503-629-0111 and reference case number 231100938.
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/teacher-sherwood-high-school-child-sex-abuse-charges/283-c2eaf7a4-a91c-4fbe-8120-223deea911d5 

▫️Church Volunteer Faces Child Porn Charges
A Mississippi man who volunteered for his church’s media ministry is now facing two charges of possessing and distributing child sexual abuse images after federal officials found 9,900 sexual images of children on his personal computer, according to The Sun Herald in Biloxi. A judge denied the man bail and had him immediately jailed, saying he was a flight risk and a potential danger to the safety of the community. Meanwhile, a church leader and family members maintain his innocence. Cameron “Cam” Cotrill, 66, of Vancleave used his computer expertise to volunteer at Center Pointe Church in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
» https://ministrywatch.com/church-volunteer-faces-child-porn-charges/
» https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/10/church-volunteer-faces-child-porn-charges/ 

▫️Woman raised in an incestuous polygamy cult lays bare abuse
A woman who was raised in an incestuous polygamous cult has candidly laid bare the horrific abuse she endured at the hands of her own husband. Shanell Snow Derieux (pictured left) appeared on a recent episode of the Cults To Consciousness podcast alongside host Shelise Ann Sola. She revealed how she grew up in Utah as a member of The Order - a cult that decided to branch off from the original Mormon church when the mainstream religion ceased practicing polygamy.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/galleries/article-12661873/Woman-raised-incestuous-polygamy-cult-lays-bare-abuse.html 

▫️Church sex abuse survivors ‘sickened and saddened’ by Southern Baptist Kentucky court filing
The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Kentucky State Supreme Court arguing an expanded child abuse law should not allow claims to be brought against “non-perpetrators” such as religious organizations, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported Tuesday. The filing comes in the case of a woman adopted at age 2 by a Louisville police officer — now serving a 15-year prison sentence for sexually abusing her throughout her childhood, the report states. The woman is suing police officers she says knew of the abuse and failed to report it as required by law and the department that employed them, the report continues. The suit was dismissed but later brought back after Kentucky lawmakers expanded the law and its statute of limitations.
https://www.al.com/news/2023/10/church-sex-abuse-survivors-sickened-and-saddened-by-southern-baptist-kentucky-court-filing.html 

▫️CEO of Human Trafficking Institute to speak at annual Amarillo Community Prayer Breakfast
AMARILLO, Texas — Organizers released information on the annual Amarillo Community Prayer Breakfast on Nov. 21, which will feature the CEO and co-founder of the Human Trafficking Institute, Victor Boutros, as the keynote speaker.
https://www.myhighplains.com/news/local-news/ceo-of-human-trafficking-institute-to-speak-at-annual-amarillo-community-prayer-breakfast/ 
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▫️'Worst of the worst': Border's 10 'Most Wanted' revealed
EL PASO, Texas — Law enforcement officials from the U.S. and Mexico have added new individuals to a list of the border’s Most Wanted. At least three of the individuals have been featured in the past. All 10, however, are associated with transnational criminal organizations and are wanted by both the U.S. and Mexican law enforcement. “All of these people have active warrants,” said Anthony “Scott” Good, Chief Patrol Agent for the U.S. Border Patrol’s El Paso Sector. “They’re wanted for murder, they’re wanted for human trafficking, smuggling, drug trafficking. … Just the worst of the worst.”
» https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/worst-of-the-worst-borders-10-most-wanted-fugitives-revealed/
» https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/joint-us-mexico-se-busca-informaci-n-initiative-targets-criminal 

▫️Woman, Fort Cavazos soldier arrested in child sexual abuse investigation
GILLESPIE COUNTY, Texas - The Gillespie County Sheriff’s Office said on Oct. 20, deputies and an investigator met to investigate Zoe Sophia Williams, 18, of Fredericksburg, and a 22-year-old man who was a Fort Cavazos soldier. According to GCSO, Williams was arrested and charged with possession of child abuse material, and the soldier was in custody at the Bell County Jail as of Wednesday.
https://www.fox44news.com/news/woman-fort-cavazos-soldier-arrested-in-child-sexual-abuse-investigation/ 

▫️Retired Archdiocese of Chicago Priest William Killeen being investigated for alleged child sex abuse at Saint Patricia Parish
CHICAGO - A retired priest with the Archdiocese of Chicago is under investigation for alleged child sexual abuse. Cardinal Blase Cupich notified eight parishes about the allegation on Saturday. Father William Killeen has been asked to step aside after the allegation was received earlier this week.
» https://abc7chicago.com/william-killeen-archdioce-of-chicago-sex-abuse-saint-patricia-parish/13986808/    (VIDEO)
» https://www.archchicago.org/en/statement/-/article/2023/10/28/retired-priest-father-william-killeen-removed-from-ministry-pending-investigation-of-a-40-year-old-allegation
» https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/10/retired-priest-william-killeen-being-investigated-for-alleged-sex-abuse-at-hickory-hills-church/ 

▫️(UPDATE) VIDEO: University High School teacher faces federal charge for attempted enticement of minor
SAN DIEGO — A University City High School teacher is facing a federal charge for attempted enticement of a minor.
58-year-old Sean Stevenson was arrested earlier this week by the San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force after investigators say Stevenson was trying to pay for sex with a minor.
The US Attorney's office says Sean Stevenson, a high school science teacher at University City High School had been messaging the undercover officer, who was posing as a pimp from a cell phone. 
» https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/university-high-school-teacher-faces-federal-charge/509-3ae75b4a-94c0-4b28-8a0b-f3a709c728cd 
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▫️The father of accused killer and convicted sex offender Hannah Tubbs has been charged with three felonies 
- sexual assault on a 10-year-old

▫️Former security guard accused of posing as police officer kidnaps, sexually assaults man

13 14 yr old for s*x at WALMART

▫️January 12, 2024 4th Annual Anti-Human Trafficking Awareness Conference
https://www.salisbury.edu/events/?eventid=584431&event=2024-01-12:4th+Annual+Anti-Human+Trafficking+Awareness+Conference 

▫️Awaken Human Trafficking Awareness - Oct 27, Reno-Sparks Convention Center - Reno Tahoe
https://www.visitrenotahoe.com/event/awaken-human-trafficking-awareness-2023/ 

▫️How to recognize human trafficking
ST. PETERSBURG — Human trafficking affects communities far and wide, and local organizations and individuals are coming together to raise awareness and explore practical strategies for prevention and intervention. A panel of distinguished experts and advocates discussed this issue at The Woodson African American Museum of Florida on Oct. 12.
https://theweeklychallenger.com/how-to-recognize-and-stop-human-trafficking/ 
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▫️Operation Masquerade: 11 Arrested For Online Crimes Against Children In Forsyth Co. Probe
CUMMING, GA — The Forsyth County sheriff's office said the operation centered on people accused of preying on juveniles online and soliciting them for sex. While 11 people were arrested during Operation Masquerade, warrants have been issued against five more people for obscene internet contact with a minor.
» https://patch.com/georgia/cumming/11-arrested-online-crimes-weekend-forsyth-co-operation
» https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/georgia/articles/2023-10-30/georgia-sheriff-announces-11-arrests-on-charges-involving-soliciting-minors-for-sex-online 

▫️Operation Refuge: 17 arrested, massage businesses raided in Manatee County human trafficking bust
TAMPA, Fla. — Manatee County deputies made a major bust in local human trafficking operations last week after a series of undercover investigations. The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said it made 17 arrests in “Operation Refuge,” which targeted both those engaging in prostitution and those who were seeking minors to have sex with them. Detectives said out of the 189 individuals who responded to the ads, six men made arrangements to meet with minors for sex, only to be arrested after exchanging money with undercover law enforcement officers.
» https://www.wfla.com/news/local-news/manatee-county/17-arrested-massage-businesses-raided-in-manatee-county-human-trafficking-bust-deputies/
» https://www.mysuncoast.com/2023/10/30/operation-refuge-nets-multiple-arrests-human-trafficking/ 

▫️3 arrested after chat operation with undercover Lehi detectives portraying as juveniles
LEHI, Utah — Three people have been arrested for charges including enticement of a minor after a chat operation was conducted by Utah detectives portraying as juveniles. They said officials with the Lehi City Police Department worked with the FBI, Homeland Security, State Bureau of Investigations, and other other task force officers during the operation on Thursday evening. They were booked into the Utah County Jail on three counts of attempted sodomy of a child and enticement of a minor.
» https://kutv.com/news/local/3-arrested-after-chat-operation-with-undercover-lehi-utah-detectives-portraying-as-juveniles-fbi-juveniles-task-force
» https://www.aol.com/m/9f9df8ce-d84b-3f52-bb72-5ad6871d18f9/3-arrested-after-chat.html 

▫️4 American children reported missing in Mexico; Siblings born in South Dakota disappeared Saturday in Meoqui, Chihuahua
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Four American children have been reported missing in Northern Mexico, authorities announced Saturday. The four children, all siblings between the ages of 9 and 12, are all U.S. citizens born in South Dakota. They went missing in the town of Meoqui in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua. Meoqui is approximately 46 miles southeast of Chihuahua City, the state capital, and about 283 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. Anyone who’s seen them or has any information about their whereabouts should call the government of Chihuahua at 614 420 33 00.
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/4-american-children-reported-missing-in-mexico/ 

▫️Police arrest alleged molester during SWAT team raid
Suspect arrested for sexual abuse of minor as residents urged to shelter in place during search. Last Friday, Oct. 20, the San Luis Obispo Police Department received reports of an 11-year-old female being sexually abused. Through investigation, the department identified the suspect as 22-year-old Tanner Fite of San Luis Obispo.
» https://ca.news.yahoo.com/video/slo-man-arrested-alleged-child-065524418.html   (VIDEO)
» https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/crime/article281165988.html
» https://mustangnews.net/suspect-arrested-for-sexual-abuse-of-minor-as-residents-urged-to-shelter-in-place-during-search/
» https://calcoastnews.com/2023/10/police-arrest-alleged-molester-during-swat-team-raid/ 

▫️Raids on Stores, Homes of Sacramento Councilmember Linked to Federal Lawsuit and Human Trafficking Claims
SACRAMENTO, CA – Federal agents late last week raided three Sacramento-area Viva supermarkets owned by Sacramento City Councilmember Sean Loloee – and his home in Hagginwood, his wife’s house in Granite Bay and his Natomas office – allegedly for withholding wages and other labor violations in a story The Vanguard broke about four years ago.
Loloee, who represents North Sacramento on the Sacramento City Council, said the criminal investigation is part of a federal lawsuit alleging forced labor of his employees and allegations he threatened deportation if employees cooperate with investigators.
The Vanguard first reported Loloee’s problems in 2020, when labor demonstrators charged Loloee with labor law violations – including “human trafficking” 
https://www.davisvanguard.org/2023/10/raids-on-stores-homes-of-sacramento-councilmember-linked-to-federal-lawsuit-and-human-trafficking-claims/ 

▫️Philadelphia CBP Officers Capture NJ Man Fleeing to Mexico to Avoid Maryland Rape Charges
Officers arrested Adrian Castaneda Sanchez, 38, a Mexican national and U.S. lawful permanent resident residing in Pennsville, N.J. Castaneda Sanchez was wanted by Worcester County, Maryland, Sheriff’s Office on multiple felony rape and sexual assault charges.
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/philadelphia-cbp-officers-capture-nj-man-fleeing-mexico-avoid-maryland 

▫️Sheriff Condemns ‘Piece of Trash’ Firefighter Who Allegedly Molested Young Child
Sean Carpenter of Clay County, Florida was arrested Friday on four counts of child molestation of a victim less than 12 years old. According to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, the 36-year-old repeatedly molested the unidentified child who was an acquaintance of Carpenter. Carpenter was a member of the Clay County Fire Rescue team and was at work in Keystone Heights when he was arrested.  “This piece of trash is a disgrace to not only his employers but also to anyone in public service who proudly sacrifice their lives to help others,” Sheriff H.D “Gator’ Deloach said at a press conference.
https://themessenger.com/news/sheriff-condemns-piece-of-trash-firefighter-who-allegedly-molested-young-child 

▫️Multi decade sentence given to Pierce man who sexually abused child
MADISON - A Pierce man who sexually abused a child over a multi-year span will spend decades behind bars after being sentenced in Madison County District Court on Friday. District Judge Mark Johnson sentenced 34-year-old Cody Johnson to 80 to 105 years on two convicted felonies, including first-degree sexual assault of a child. Back on April 28th, Norfolk Police were called to an apartment complex for a child sexual assault call, where the mother’s daughter told her that Johnson had been sexually assaulting her since she was six-years-old.
https://www.norfolkneradio.com/news/multi-decade-sentence-given-to-pierce-man-who-sexually-abused-child/article_a0769f4e-7716-11ee-afe1-83efd0356c51.html 

▫️‘Sextortion’ informational events aim to raise awareness
In our increasingly digital world, scams of all types are on the rise—and some of the most damaging target children and teens. These “sextortion” scams—which involve perpetrators encouraging children and teens to send explicit images of themselves through coercion and blackmail—are becoming more common in Northern Virginia and elsewhere and were the subject of a recent community event hosted at Liberty High School. Although Fauquier County has had no cases of sex trafficking or kidnapping in recent years, “sextortion” is becoming increasingly common along with other types of online scams, said Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office Detective Candyce Shaw.
https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/sextortion-informational-events-aim-to-raise-awareness/article_e97811b0-c4ea-53d4-9ed8-5ace2bc19dc1.html 

▫️Northern Regional Meeting - Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault
UCASA is excited to invite you to our upcoming regional meetings! We will be hosting quarterly regional meetings for sexual assault staff (sexual assault victim advocate staff, sexual assault coordinators, and prevention staff) that will rotate between in-person and virtual meetings. This upcoming meeting will be through Zoom (registration is required through links below). Training on human trafficking has been requested so the Asian Association of Utah will be providing training on how rape crisis centers and sexual assault victim advocates can support victims of both human trafficking and sexual assault at this upcoming meeting Wednesday, November 3rd from 1 to 3 PM.
https://www.ucasa.org/northern_regional_meeting 
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▫️6 facing smuggling charges, charged in Mexico for human trafficking and money laundering
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Four men and two women who allegedly smuggled migrants from Juarez, Mexico, through storm drains into El Paso, Texas, have been charged in Mexico for human trafficking and money laundering. The arrests came after the Mexican army, acting on information stemming from a cooperation agreement with U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), raided 10 homes in Juarez, the Mexican Attorney General’s Office reported on Sunday. The raid resulted in the arrest of the smuggling organization’s leaders and the seizure of guns, cash and 12 vehicles allegedly purchased with illicit profits, Mexican officials said.
» https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/six-accused-of-smuggling-migrants-through-storm-drains-in-deplorable-conditions/
»  https://www.wrbl.com/news/six-accused-of-smuggling-migrants-through-storm-drains-in-deplorable-conditions/
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▫️Houston police conduct compliance checks for 5,900 registered sex offenders before Halloween
HOUSTON, Texas - Leading up to Halloween, Houston police check to make sure registered sex offenders across the city are living at their registered address. ABC13 was taken on a ride-along with HPD's Sex Crime Compliance unit.
https://abc13.com/houston-police-sex-offender-halloween-compliance-checks-where-are-sexual-offenders-near-me/13992397/ 

▫️Sex Offenders Reminded Of Halloween Protocol By Hillsborough Sheriff
TAMPA, FL — For more than a month, Hillsborough County Sheriff's detectives have gone door to door reminding registered sex offenders that they cannot participate in Halloween activities, and Sheriff Chad Chronister went door-knocking Monday in the unincorporated parts of the county to share the message. Authorities reminded sex offenders about Halloween restrictions: no candy, no decorations, and no porch lights should be on at their homes.
https://patch.com/florida/southtampa/sex-offenders-reminded-halloween-protocol-hillsborough-sheriff 

▫️12 Men Arrested During Undercover Prostitution Sting in Northport
Police arrested a dozen men on misdemeanor solicitation charges during a weekend prostitution sting in Northport, court records and law enforcement officials confirm. The West Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force is staffed by officers from multiple regional law enforcement agencies and a couple times a year, the unit runs sting operations to find and charge the men who solicit prostitutes in the Tuscaloosa area.
https://tuscaloosathread.com/12-men-arrested-during-undercover-prostitution-sting-in-northport/ 

▫️Hampton County Man Arrested on Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor and Related Charges
COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Clay Treldon Bishop II, 19, of Early Branch, S.C., on nine total charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Mount Pleasant Police Department and Charleston Police Department made the arrests.
https://www.scag.gov/about-the-office/news/hampton-county-man-arrested-on-criminal-sexual-conduct-with-a-minor-and-related-charges/ 

▫️ERO Washington, D.C. removes noncitizen wanted in El Salvador for aggravated rape
“Jose Carranza del Cid allegedly fled justice in his home country and settled here in Virginia, where he continued to disregard the law and cause potential harm to Virginia residents,” said ERO Washington, D.C. Assistant Field Office Director Daniel Nichols.  Deportation officers from ERO Washington’s Criminal Apprehensions Program removed Jose Fredis Carranza del Cid, 29, from the United States to El Salvador on Oct. 27.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-washington-dc-removes-noncitizen-wanted-el-salvador-aggravated-rape 

▫️Sex offender charged with teen's murder in Columbia County field
COLUMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — A registered sex offender is facing murder charges in the death of an 18-year-old who was found in a Columbia County field in September, according to the Columbia County Sheriff's Office. Detectives charged 47-year-old John Bowen Monday morning with the murder of Coyoete Turner, 18, who was found partially burned in a field off SW Haltiwanger Road on Sep. 3.
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/crime/report-item-found-columbia-county-18-year-olds-body-led-sex-offenders-murder-arrest-body-in-field-september-partially-burned-john-bowencoyoete-tuner/77-1952094d-e293-422c-b56d-aa95482c7b82 

▫️West Virginia couple charged with human trafficking, sexual servitude
MASON COUNTY, WV — A Mason County couple is being charged after allegedly allowing women without a home to stay with them if they engage in sexual behavior. According to a criminal complaint, Timothy Pearson, 56, and his girlfriend, Kimberly Meadows, 34, both of Gallipolis Ferry, would offer women who are “vulnerable,” on drugs or without a home a place to stay. Pearson and Meadows would also lock the victims inside their house and make them have no communication outside of the house. The couple is being charged with human trafficking and sexual servitude.
https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/mason-county-wv/mason-county-couple-charged-with-human-trafficking-sexual-servitude/ 

▫️A former North Dakota legislator from Grand Forks has been indicted on federal charges, including ones alleging he traveled internationally to have sex with minors.
FARGO — Retired North Dakota GOP state senator Ray Holmberg, 79, is charged with traveling to the Czech Republic for sex with a minor and receiving child sexual abuse images, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday. State Sen. Ray Holmberg, 79, was arrested Monday and released after pleading not guilty to the charges in U.S. District Court in Fargo. His trial is set for Dec. 5. Prosecutors said in a statement that Holmberg, who served for 45 years in the chamber, repeatedly traveled to Prague in the Czech Republic from June 2011 to November 2016 for the purpose of paying for sex with a person under 18 years old. The indictment, which also suggests Holmberg used aliases, says he received and attempted to receive images that depict child sexual abuse from November 2012 to March 2013. In order to solicit images, Holmberg used the alias Sean Evans, reports The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. 
» https://crooksandliars.com/2023/10/former-nd-state-senator-arrested     (VIDEO)
» https://breaking911.com/north-dakota-politician-charged-with-traveling-to-czech-republic-for-sex-with-minor/
» https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12689527/Federal-charge-says-former-North-Dakota-lawmaker-traveled-Prague-intent-rape-minor.html
» https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/former-north-dakota-sen-ray-holmberg-indicted-on-federal-charges
» https://www.foxnews.com/politics/north-dakota-politician-charged-traveling-czech-republic-sex-minor 

▫️Shrewsbury High School Robotics Mentor Charged with Child Sexual Abuse
Brian Lingard, a 60-year-old mentor for the Shrewsbury High School Robotics Team in Massachusetts, has been arrested and charged with possession and transportation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The U.S. Department of Justice reports that customs officers discovered CSAM on Lingard's phone, during a screening upon his return from Paris to Boston yesterday. Further searches allegedly revealed additional CSAM at his residence.
» https://dailyvoice.com/massachusetts/hampden/shrewsbury-high-robotics-mentor-busted-with-child-porn-he-took-secret-pics-of-students-feds/
» https://hoodline.com/2023/10/shrewsbury-high-school-robotics-mentor-charged-with-child-pornography-offenses-time-to-reassess-student-safety-in-educational-institutions/ 

▫️Three-time felon sentenced to 40 years in child sexual abuse case
WACO, Texas - A three-time convicted felon who sexually assaulted a young girl over a four-year period was sentenced to 40 years in prison Monday. Dirk Carter Jr., 30, was set to stand trial Monday in Waco’s 54th State District Court on continuous sexual abuse of a young child charge, a first-degree felony punishable by a minimum of 25 years in prison with no parole up to life in prison with no parole. Carter pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14 and was sentenced to concurrent 40-year prison terms.
https://www.kwtx.com/2023/10/30/three-time-felon-sentenced-40-years-child-sexual-abuse-case/ 

▫️Former Midland youth minister, faces 10 years in prison on Child Pornography charges
MIDLAND, Texas - Corey White, 33, a former youth pastor at Redeemer Midland was arrested on Oct. 23, and charged with Access with Intent to View Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM)/child pornographic materials.
https://www.cbs7.com/2023/10/31/former-midland-youth-minister-faces-10-years-prison-child-pornography-charges/ 

▫️7's HERO: Idaho WinCo Foods truck driver gets award for saving woman from human trafficking
IDAHO, USA — Joe Aguayo is a truck driver for WinCo Foods. He has been with the company headquarters in Boise for three years now. 
In the months before Joe helped rescue the 27-year-old woman, he had some specialized WinCo training that prepared him for this very experience.
"Every year we have this meeting with a bunch of drivers, and we were introduced to Truckers Against Trafficking," Aguayo said.
Truckers Against Trafficking, also known as TAT, is a nonprofit that works to train drivers like Aguayo to recognize and report human trafficking. Ben Espey of WinCo told KTVB it was a company decision to get involved in fighting this heinous crime in the northwest.
https://www.ktvb.com/article/features/local-7s-hero-idaho-winco-foods-truck-driver-gets-award-for-saving-woman-from-human-trafficking/277-e6c9594c-2dc5-49c7-8cf0-96c90b521b40     (VIDEO)  

▫️COMMENTARY: Hiding in Plain Sight; Is there Sex Trafficking at the Casino?
Rumors have been circulating for years now that there is sex trafficking at the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. We hear horror stories of Cherokee teenagers and young women trafficked at our casino, often in connection with the drug trafficking that is proven to exist and permeate our community. But still, there is no real evidence of sex trafficking. Where are the numbers? Where are the cases? Where are the arrests and convictions? There are zero.
https://theonefeather.com/2023/10/29/commentary-hiding-in-plain-sight-is-there-sex-trafficking-at-the-casino/ 

▫️Odessa man arrested after child, 9, makes outcry of sexual abuse
ODESSA, Texas - An Odessa man was arrested last week after investigators said a nine-year-old child made an outcry of abuse. Eric Garcia Rivas, 35, has been charged with Indecency with a Child by Sexual Contact. 
https://www.yourbasin.com/news/odessa-man-arrested-after-child-9-makes-outcry-of-sexual-abuse/ 

▫️Colonie man sentenced for child sex trafficking
COLONIE, N.Y.  — A Colonie man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison in relation to a sex trafficking case, according to the United States Attorney’s Office. Christopher Thomas, 40, was indicted on multiple charges back in 2021.  The trial determined that between 2018 and 2020, Thomas trafficked and exploited victims that he recruited to work as prostitutes for his financial benefit, including 16-year-old minors. His crimes took place across multiple locations in New York, Vermont, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
https://www.news10.com/news/crime/colonie-man-sentenced-for-child-sex-trafficking/ 

▫️Analysis: Nearly 1,800 children in the state's care went missing
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, released a finding from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that found 1,790 children in the care of the Georgia Division of Family & Children Services were reported missing between 2018 and 2022.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/georgia/article_d576e2b0-7768-11ee-ae5f-175d2578c965.html 

▫️Ex-priest Luis Jesus Barajas allegedly molested 15-year-old
A former priest who was formally relieved of his clerical status decades ago was recently arrested for allegedly molesting a 15-year-old cancer patient during an unsanctioned blessing ceremony in Ohio.Luis Jesus Barajas, 76, stands accused of one count of gross sexual imposition, according to the Westlake Police Department. Authorities say it’s not the first time the former man of the cloth has been accused of child sexual abuse – not by a long shot.
» https://lawandcrime.com/crime/a-retired-priest-who-was-once-defrocked-for-child-sexual-abuse-allegations-is-now-accused-of-molesting-a-15-year-old-cancer-patient-during-an-unconventional-blessing/
» https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/10/a-retired-priest-who-was-once-defrocked-for-child-sexual-abuse-allegations-is-now-accused-of-molesting/ 

▫️Opinion: We're working with human trafficking survivors to stop it
Shore Kern is the program director of Community Relations for the Center for Justice and Reconciliation at Point Loma Nazarene University and lives in San Diego. On Aug. 29, the county Board of Supervisors approved a new policy that prioritizes human trafficking awareness education for students, parents and administrators throughout San Diego. This comes on the heels of a local law enforcement operation that identified eight children as victims of human trafficking in the Southcrest neighborhood.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/story/2023-10-30/opinion-human-trafficking-is-hard-to-interrupt-were-working-with-survivors-to-find-solutions 

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▫️‘Operation Monster Mash’ cracks down on online predators
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Multiple agencies took part in a two-week operation in Northern California that led to a dozen men being arrested, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said. On October 31, 2023, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office announced that 12 people have been arrested as a result of a two-week Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) operation by the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force that focused on proactively identifying and investigating suspects who downloaded Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) to their personal devices and computers. Evidence from the operation included pictures of toddlers and infants that depicted sexual abuse. One man from Citrus Heights faces charges for “forcible sex acts with a minor,” the sheriff’s office said. 
» https://www.kcra.com/article/california-operation-monster-mash-predator-crackdown/45704071    (VIDEO)
» https://cslea.com/2023/10/sacramento-valley-hi-tech-crimes-task-force-arrests-12-during-two-week-operation/
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▫️Operation Trick-or-Treat: Sacramento Police: 60 busted in sex trafficking sting
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento Police Department and several other agencies have completed an undercover joint operation called "Operation Trick-or-Treat." Multiple undercover operations landed almost 60 people behind bars for things like solicitation and sex trafficking. Sacramento police and at least 10 other agencies including the FBI, Folsom, West Sacramento and Vacaville police conducted undercover operations. They were joined by the group Communities Against Sexual Harm (CASH). They helped the sex workers recovered during the operation.
» https://www.abc10.com/article/news/crime/nearly-60-arrested-sex-trafficking-solicitation-bust/103-80e723ca-8ae7-460b-93ae-f57bc8457595
» https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/local-news/tulare-co-deputies-keep-kids-safe-during-operation-trick-or-treat/
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▫️Miami-Dade police officer arrested, accused of child molestation
A Miami-Dade police officer is facing serious charges after allegedly molesting three young children. Forty-year-old Daniel Ramos-Aviles was arrested on a warrant Monday night and transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correction Facility without incident, according to the arrest report. Ramos-Aviles, a Miami resident, faces seven counts, including sexual battery on a minor, lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under 12 as well as lewd and lascivious exhibition on a child under 16. The victims are reportedly known to Ramos-Aviles -- and he did not meet them while on the job as a veteran cop.
» https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/miami-dade-police-officer-arrested-accused-of-molesting-children/3146696/    (VIDEO)
» https://www.local10.com/news/local/2023/10/31/miami-dade-police-officer-accused-of-sexually-molesting-3-children/    (VIDEO)
» https://dailycaller.com/2023/10/31/miami-police-officer-arrested-allegedly-molesting-three-children/
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▫️2 men arrested in Cascade Locks child luring sting
PORTLAND Ore. - Abel Cornejo-Reyes, 26, from Hillsboro and Joseph Migliaccio, 58, of Hood River were arrested in a child luring sting led by the Hood River County Sheriff’s Office.
» https://www.kptv.com/2023/10/31/2-men-arrested-cascade-locks-child-luring-sting/
» https://katu.com/news/local/two-men-arrested-in-hood-river-county-child-luring-sting-operation 

▫️2 men arrested for Wayne County kidnapping in Kentucky
WOOSTER, Ohio — Two suspects are in custody after kidnapping a woman in Wayne County, shooting at a witness and fleeing to Kentucky. Investigators discovered that a 24-year-old female was forced into a vehicle. As the suspects attempted to flee the area, a witness attempted to help the victim. Shots were fired from the suspect's vehicle, at which point the witness stopped their pursuit. The driver of the vehicle was identified as 29-year-old Anthony Grinnel of Cleveland. He was charged with unlawful imprisonment of the first degree. A 27-year-old passenger, William L. Tate of Newland, North Carolina, was arrested for "possession of a defaced firearm." The victim was found safe, having only suffered minor injuries.
» https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/northeast-ohio/3-suspects-arrested-forcing-woman-into-vehicle-against-her-will-shooting-at-witness-according-to-wayne-county-sheriff/95-5d6aaa9f-d3d5-4a0d-9858-5cefa4d3bc09
» https://www.wbko.com/video/2023/10/31/watch-woman-rescued-two-men-arrested-kentucky-after-report-ohio-kidnapping/    (VIDEO) 

▫️16 individuals facing online child exploitation charges in Forsyth County
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/16-individuals-facing-online-child-exploitation-charges-in-forsyth-county 

▫️Subject in Lubbock PD custody after barricading themselves with three children in a home
A Lubbock police SWAT team and negotiators arrested a 29-year-old man and rescued three children following an hours-long standoff and SWAT callout Monday morning in the Heart of Lubbock neighborhood. LPD initiated a SWAT call out to the residence, where it was determined that the SWAT team needed to enter the residence. The officers were able to successfully rescue the children and take Clark into custody at around 12:50 p.m. with no injuries. The 28-year-old woman was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. Moses Clark has been charged with sexual assault, domestic violence and unlawful restraint, Deputy Chief Jon Tuntino said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/lubbock-swat-respond-barricaded-subject-164203373.html 

▫️Sulphur woman arrested on child sex trafficking charge
SULPHUR, La. - Brittany Renee Dunaway, 35, was arrested Monday afternoon by the Sulphur police department. She faces one count of trafficking of children for sexual purposes.
https://www.kplctv.com/2023/10/31/sulphur-woman-arrested-child-sex-trafficking-charge/ 

▫️Operation Lucky Strike: Department of Corrections chaplain arrested on child sex offense charges in Citrus County sting
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. - The Citrus County Sheriff's Office announced the arrest of a 58-year-old Department of Corrections chaplain on multiple sex offense charges following an undercover investigation. According to CCSO, Robert William Austin, 58, was arrested on Friday after authorities said he sent sexually explicit images to who he believed was a 14-year-old girl.
https://news.yahoo.com/department-corrections-chaplain-arrested-child-004134657.html 

▫️Parker Police seek potential victims of alleged sexual predator
Police in Parker are searching for more potential victims of an accused child sexual exploitation suspect. Robert Roberts, 81, is facing several charges including sexual exploitation of a child - possession with intent to sell or publish, sexual exploitation of a child and habitual sex offender against children. According to investigators with the Parker Police Department, there is new information in the investigation. Police would like parents to look at the photo of Roberts who is known to frequent areas with children like parks, rec centers, swimming pools, etc. If anyone believes their child may have had contact with the suspect, has information about crimes possibly committed by Roberts, or if Roberts may have victimized your child, please contact Detective Brukbacher at sbrukbacher@parkeronline.org or 303.805.6523.
» https://finance.yahoo.com/video/parker-police-seek-potential-victims-001000095.html    (VIDEO)
» https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/parker-police-search-victims-accused-child-sexual-assault-suspect/
» https://kdvr.com/news/local/parker-police-seek-potential-victims-of-alleged-sexual-predator/ 

▫️Former Lindsay volunteer coach facing criminal charges for alleged minor sexual abuse
LINDSAY, Calif. - A former volunteer basketball coach in the South Valley has been charged with sexually abusing a student-athlete. The former coach, identified by police as 20-year-old Kizzlyn Balboa, is now facing six felony counts related to the alleged sexual abuse. She is also facing a misdemeanor count of child molestation. The Lindsay Police Department says Balboa was an assistant volunteer basketball coach at Lindsay High School.
https://abc30.com/volunteer-coach-alleged-sex-abuse-student-athlete-facing-criminal-charges/13996181/ 

▫️Man accused of sexually abusing 6-year-old girl in 2021
IDAHO FALLS – A 36-year-old man was arrested on Monday after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 6-year-old multiple times. William Clinton Brick was charged with one count of felony lewd conduct with a child under 16. According to court documents, a woman reported on Jan. 2, 2022, that a man, identified as Brick, had sexually assaulted her 6-year-old daughter.
https://www.eastidahonews.com/2023/10/man-accused-of-sexually-abusing-6-year-old-girl-in-2021/ 

▫️Idaho man arrested for allegedly sexually exploiting a child
The Idaho Attorney General's Office on Monday announced that it had arrested 43-year-old Jason A. Bergener, from Ammon, for allegedly possessing "sexually exploitative material." He was booked him into the Bonneville County Jail. The arrest was made following an investigation by the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit.
https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/crime/idaho-man-arrested-allegedly-sexually-exploiting-child/277-19608cfc-bddb-4119-b6b8-123a922b0cd2 

▫️Army adds additional charges of sexual assault against military doctor in ongoing investigation
Army officials confirmed Tuesday that more charges have been added in a rapidly widening military sexual assault investigation, with sources familiar with the case telling CBS News that at least 39 alleged victims, including former patients of a military doctor, have now accused the physician of improper touching. The physician, Maj. Michael Stockin, is at the center of what some experts say could grow to become one of the largest sexual assault cases in military history. Stockin has proclaimed his innocence. Military officials say the investigation remains ongoing and it is unclear if additional victims will come forward or be added to the current charges. CBS News has learned that the new set of sexual assault claims includes an additional 17 alleged victims.  In total, there were 8,942 reports of sexual assault last year involving service members. Some survivors have told CBS News they believe there remains a stigma surrounding reporting sexual assault or harassment in the military.
» https://cbnc.com/army-charges-military-doctor-in-sexual-abuse-case-with-nearly-40-alleged-victims-report/
» https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/army-charges-military-doctor-in-sexual-abuse-case-with-nearly-40-alleged-victims-report/ar-AA1jbUVJ 

▫️Man sentenced to 33 years for child sexual abuse in McCracken, Graves counties
A man was sentenced to 33 years in prison Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to charges that he sexually abused children in McCracken County and Graves County. The 26-year-old man, Michael Montgomery, pleaded guilty to multiple felony charges in both counties, the Graves County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office said in a news release Tuesday. Montgomery pleaded guilty to six counts of first-degree unlawful transaction with a minor involving an illicit sexual act with victims younger than 16, four counts of third-degree rape, four counts of third-degree sodomy, one count of using a minor younger than 16 in a sexual performance and one count of prohibited use of an electronic communication system to procure a minor.
https://www.paducahsun.com/news/man-sentenced-to-33-years-for-child-sexual-abuse-in-mccracken-graves-counties/article_a0f15f20-b290-5951-bfff-f552dda7d4f2.html 

▫️Repeat sex offender sentenced to 27 years for assaulting child in Michigan
A Michigan man who is a repeated sex offender is sentenced to 27 and a half years, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday. Justin Lee Sloothaak, 32, of Holland, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child. Federal investigators say Sloothaak assaulted a child in 2022 in West Michigan.
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/repeat-sex-offender-sentenced-to-27-years-for-assaulting-child-in-michigan/ 

▫️Prior Sex Offender arrested again on child exploitation, hundreds of images found after raid
ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Scott Landmesser, 57 of Wellsburg, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with possession of child pornography by an individual with a prior sex offense conviction. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, and a maximum of 20 years.
https://wellsvillesun.com/blog/2023/10/31/feds-prior-sex-offender-arrested-again-on-child-exploitation-hundreds-of-images-found-after-raid/ 

▫️North Georgia human trafficking ring
ATLANTA — Five people are facing prison time for their involvement in a sex trafficking scheme that unfolded in Georgia, according to prosecutors. The investigation started after a minor was reported missing in Miami, Florida when her parents realized she didn't board a flight to Honduras. Prosecutors said she was taken by two people to Georgia and forced to commit commercial sex acts and participate in 'sex parties.' 
 U.S. Attorney Ryan Buchanan said in a news release that the group of men forced at least six girls between 16 and 17 years old into prostitution starting around November 2015 through December 2016. Nilageo Alvarez-Acosta, Jaime Adam Riano, Anthony Joseph Lawhon and Brandi Rice Stumpe were co-defendants in the case; Brian Hernandez Acosta is the accused ringleader.
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/north-georgia-human-trafficking-men-sentenced/85-a88b2576-a229-4ad2-85f6-a3a342b6e4c3 

▫️Statewide sex sting: Former WPAFB SSG, Indiana professor make first court appearance
DAYTON — Two men charged in the statewide human trafficking sting appeared in Dayton Municipal Court Monday, according to court documents. Former U.S. Air Force staff sergeant Shawn Rykken and former Indiana University professor Ramesh Karki both appeared in court before their Nov. 7 arraignment date.
https://www.whio.com/news/local/statewide-sex-sting-former-wpafb-ssg-indiana-professor-make-first-court-appearance/EIUAXFEWHZFBTNQCM6VRX7DBZM/ 

▫️NH Man Arrested by U.S. Marshals on Texas Child Porn Charges
Concord, NH – The U.S. Marshals Service – New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force (NHJFTF) safely apprehended a Texas fugitive earlier today on West Street in Keene, NH. A Montgomery County, Texas court issued five arrest warrants on October 23 for Scott R. Powell, 50, of Keene. Powell is accused of multiple counts of Promoting Child Pornography (second degree felonies) according to an investigation by authorities in Texas.
https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/press-release/nh-man-arrested-us-marshals-texas-child-porn-charges 

▫️ERO New York City arrests unlawfully present noncitizen, convicted rapist
NEW YORK — On Oct. 27, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York City arrested Neftali Caal-Chocoj, a 50-year-old citizen of Guatemala, who was convicted of rape in the second degree: sexual intercourse with another person who is incapable of consent by reason of being mentally disabled. The unlawfully present noncitizen was convicted of the Class D felony and sentenced to time served — six months — and 10 years of probation on Oct. 25.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-new-york-city-arrests-unlawfully-present-noncitizen-convicted-rapist 

▫️How big of an issue is human trafficking in Utah?
Andrea Sherman, the director of human trafficking support for the Asian Association of Utah, said that both sex trafficking and labor trafficking is happening in Utah.

▫️Work to locate burials at Fort Simcoe Indian boarding school in WA intensifies
The boarding school at Fort Simcoe and another at St. Joseph's Academy in what was then North Yakima were among 408 boarding schools that the U.S. operated or supported between 1819 and 1969, according to a May 2022 investigative report by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Federal officials identified more than 500 student deaths at the institutions nationwide, using records from about 20 of the schools, and expected that number would increase.
https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/topics/boarding_schools/work-to-locate-burials-at-fort-simcoe-indian-boarding-school-in-wa-intensifies/article_1a196312-3acd-11ee-b049-cfb677e23320.html 

▫️Sunrise Guest: Lehigh Valley Unites Against Human Trafficking
Lehigh Valley Unites Against Human Trafficking Week organizers are spreading awareness through various events. Here to tell us more are Judge Jack Panella and Alyssa Santana, Survivor Leader and Chair of Lehigh Valley Anti-Trafficking Week.
https://www.wfmz.com/news/sunrise/sunrise-guest-lehigh-valley-unites-against-human-trafficking/article_36a4488c-78ba-11ee-a316-2ff72ff37934.html    (VIDEO) 

▫️Aware '23: Set Them Free
Aware is an annual community-based art exhibition held at the Virginia Beach Art Center. This year’s theme is human trafficking. Unfortunately, Hampton Roads is not immune to human trafficking, and it is becoming a growing concern. The exhibition aims to raise awareness of this issue, to help the public learn the signs of trafficking, and to report suspicions of trafficking to the proper authorities. This exhibition has many components and is being led by the GFWC Women’s Club of Tidewater. The exhibition runs November 3-12 and includes an immersive display of over 700 butterflies made by the community as well as art related to the theme. There will be guest speakers who are experts in human trafficking, including a testimony from a survivor.
https://www.visitvirginiabeach.com/event/aware-23%3A-set-them-free/9183/ 
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▫️Additional survivors, arrests in sex trafficking case from College Park
ATLANTA — A three-year investigation sparked by the recovery of a missing teenager from the Kansas City, Missouri, area has cast a large net that has led to the arrest of 13 suspects and the identification of four additional sex trafficking survivors.
The 17-year-old was found inside a room at the Travelodge along Old National Highway in College Park. She was recovered during "Operation Not Forgotten." The first seller the team was able to identify was 31-year-old Steven Stone, of Lithonia. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years, with 13 years to be served in prison. Palmquist's team was able to identify eight men who they accused of buying the teenager for sex. Seven of them have been convicted. During their investigation, Palmquist and her team identified a second alleged seller, Terry Florence, of Conyers. He was indicted the first time on this case involving the missing Missouri teenager. However, over the summer, he was indicted again after Palmquist said her team identified two additional victims. Today, the Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit announced two new arrests involving Denorris Hutchinson and his girlfriend Natasha Bridges. Both were arrested in Clayton County.
» https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/new-arrests-victims-identified-sex-trafficking-case-recovery-missing-teen-college-park-motel-room/85-8cd89e5f-3689-4c5c-9684-3d4bbf65371f     (VIDEO)
» https://law.georgia.gov/press-releases/2023-11-02/carrs-human-trafficking-prosecution-unit-arrests-two-following-recovery 

▫️Two Stephenson County deputies injured in arrest of wanted sex offender
FREEPORT, Ill. - Two Stephenson County Sheriff's Deputies were injured, one seriously, during an arrest of a wanted sex offender on Wednesday. According to police, around 11:44 a.m., the deputies were searching for William Troglin, 58, in the 200 block of Jefferson Street. Troglin was wanted in Ohio for a sex offender violation and a parole violation.
» https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/video/two-stephenson-county-deputies-injured-210415222.html    (VIDEO)
» https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/two-stephenson-county-deputies-injured-in-arrest-of-wanted-sex-offender/    (VIDEO) 

▫️Operation Keystroke: Petty Officer accused of sending photos of genitals to minor, Nassau deputies say
A 32-Year-Old Petty Officer, Third Class Diego Arnulfo Alva of the United States Navy was taken into custody on Friday, October 27 for engaging in an online chat with what he believed to be a 14-year-old child, but was really an undercover agent. Detective Carter worked closely with the Naval Criminal Investigative Services and over the course of this investigation, investigators obtained subpoenas and search warrants to view text messages, emails, chats, and other digital data containing important evidence in this case. So far, since August 2022, 11 men have been arrested in Operation Keystroke.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/petty-officer-accused-sending-photos-211040170.html 

▫️Placer County Deputies Arrest Two Suspects for Possession of Child Pornography in Operation Monster Mash
Placer County Sheriff’s Office officials report that they are proud to be a partner with the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force in our mission to protect children and youth from child sex predators. We recently participated in Operation Monster Mash, a two-week joint operation involving 18 law enforcement agencies across the region that has resulted in 12 arrests so far.
One of our detectives who is assigned to the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force assisted the Roseville Police Department in arresting 50-year-old Matthew Todd Berg and 35-year-old Robert Owen Gunwall for possession of child pornography during the operation.
https://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/51070-placer-county-deputies-arrest-two-suspects-for-possession-of-child-pornography-in-operation-monster-mash  

▫️Human trafficking operation in Osceola leads to arrests
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — Osceola County Sheriff Marco Lopez said about a dozen people have been arrested for different human trafficking and prostitution crimes. He said a recent three-day operation targeted traffickers at massage parlors and through escort ads.
» https://www.wesh.com/article/osceola-county-human-trafficking-operation/45714912   (VIDEO) 
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▫️Immokalee man charged with sex activities involving animals, minors
An Immokalee man faces several charges after authorities say a recently formed child pornography task force led to his arrest, accused of engaging in sexual activities involving children and animals. The Southwest Florida INTERCEPT Task Force, created in September, arrested Jose Alexis Reyes-Gonzalez, 28, on child pornography charges following a Thursday search warrant, the Collier County Sheriff's Office said. Reyes-Gonzalez is in the Collier County jail charged with 15 counts of possession of child pornography, two counts of transmission of child pornography and two counts of sexual activities involving animals.
https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/crime/2023/11/03/immokalee-man-charged-with-sex-activities-involving-animals-minors-reyes-gonzalez/71427073007/ 

▫️MPD arrests sex offenders after Halloween compliance checks
Memphis police said they made contact with 207 offenders. Officers said they found violations of 34 offenders, made two arrests and issued 28 warrants. 
https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/crime/halloween-sex-offender-compliance-checks-memphis/522-e44521a6-fb1e-41bf-9312-4ee86ca8c86b 

▫️Two arrested in St. Mary Parish, charged with sex trafficking of children, child porn
MORGAN CITY, La. — Two Morgan City residents have been charged with several counts of sex crimes involving children, authorities said. Madison Herrington, 20, and Ty Adam White, 20, both of Morgan City, were arrested Thursday after a long-term, multi-agency investigation involving the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office, Morgan City Police Department and the Lafayette Police Department. Herrington is charged with 10 counts of producing of pornography involving juveniles, two counts of trafficking of children for sexual purposes and single counts of carnal knowledge of a juvenile and indecent behavior with a juvenile. White is charged with 12 counts of producing of pornography involving juveniles and single counts of trafficking of children for sexual purposes, carnal knowledge of a juvenile and indecent behavior with a juvenile.
https://www.klfy.com/local/two-arrested-in-st-mary-parish-charged-with-sex-trafficking-of-children-child-porn/ 

▫️Laredo CBP officers apprehend fugitive sought for sexual offense against a child
Cesar Eduardo Castro, a 67-year-old male United States citizen, had an outstanding felony warrant for a sexual offense against a child/fondling of a child, out of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office in Houston, Texas.
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/laredo-cbp-officers-apprehend-fugitive-sought-sexual-offense-against-1 

▫️Duo involved in kidnapping Arkansas teen get prison sentences
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — A Tennessee woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after a guilty plea for her role in the kidnapping of a Hot Springs teenage girl in April 2022. Dayla Ferrer received the sentence after working with 40-year-old Samuel Bolling to lure and kidnap a 17-year-old girl in a parking lot near her work.
» https://www.thv11.com/article/news/crime/hot-springs-kidnapping-suspects-sentencing/91-fd7bb9d5-6016-43a7-b01a-2e2e208970b9 
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▫️U.S. Marshals Across the Nation Conduct Halloween Operations to Keep Children and Communities Safe
In total, the Halloween operations resulted in 1,716 sex offender compliance checks during the weeks preceding the holiday as well as on the night of Halloween. Operation personnel arrested 19 sex offenders for failing to register as a sex offender. Personnel seized firearms and drugs, including fentanyl and methamphetamine, and arrested 12 additional sex offenders on active warrants
https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/press-release/us-marshals-across-nation-conduct-halloween-operations-keep-children-and 

▫️Santa Rosa officer charged with child sexual abuse
A Santa Rosa Police Department officer is being charged with several sexual abuse crimes involving minors. Joe Lucero, 21, of Santa Rosa, is being charged with criminal sexual penetration and possession of child pornography, along with three charges of child solicitation. Lucero joined Santa Rosa police in March of this year.
» https://www.koat.com/article/santa-rosa-officer-charged-child-sexual-abuse/45728423    (VIDEO) 
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▫️Three People Arrested After Discovery Of Missing Teen Girl In Pulaski County Apartments
Three people face charges in connection to trafficking a teenage girl in Pulaski County. Earlier this month, Pulaski County Sheriff’s Detectives were called to the Osage Commons Apartments near the I-44 off ramps. Deputies discovered a 13-year-old girl in the apartment who’d been reported as a runaway. Missouri Children’s Division personnel report finding drugs and sexually related items inside the girl’s purse. The Missouri Children’s division took custody of the girl. 19-year-old Emma Marie Simpson and 28-year-old Danika Marie Gillen are each charged with one count of sexual trafficking of a child.
https://www.krmsradio.com/three-people-arrested-after-discovery-of-missing-teen-girl-in-pulaski-county-apartments/ 

▫️Changes coming to Little League after child sexual assault cases
EVADALE, Texas — The case of a former Evadale little league coach and president accused of sexually assaulting at least eight children has led to worldwide changes with Little League International. Adam Isaacks, 40, faced a total of 15 combined charges at the state and federal level for sex crimes against children.
https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/crime/little-league-international-child-protection-program-sex-crimes/502-9533c3ed-08d6-47e5-be6f-971cf3845b5f 

▫️REVEALED: ND politician accused of traveling to Prague for sex with minor took taxpayer-funded trips to the Czech Republic
A retired Republican state senator from North Dakota charged with traveling to Prague with the intent of paying for sex with a minor used taxpayer funds to pay for at least three trips to that city and to other destinations in Europe. State Sen. Ray Holmberg, 79, was arrested Monday and released after pleading not guilty to the charges in U.S. District Court in Fargo. His trial is set for December 5. Prosecutors say Holmberg, who served for 45 years in the chamber, repeatedly traveled to Prague in the Czech Republic from June 2011 to November 2016 for the purpose of paying for sex with a person under 18 years old.
» https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12705417/north-dakota-ray-holmberg-state-funded-sex-minors.html 
» https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-former-legislator-indicted-north-dakota_n_653ff3dee4b0a78a26a44b60
» https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nd-politician-accused-traveling-prague-sex-minor-took-taxpayer-funded-trips-city-report
» https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-republican-state-senator-charged-traveling-sex-minor-receiving-chil-rcna122905

▫️CCSD substitute teacher arrested on multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a minor: MPPD
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. — The Mount Pleasant Police Department arrested a man on numerous counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, officials said. Jeffery Hoyt Watkins is charged with 10 counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, officials said. Watkins was a substitute teacher in the Charleston County School District, officials said.
» https://www.live5news.com/video/2023/11/03/video-fmr-charleston-co-substitute-teacher-arrested-connection-sexual-exploitation-minor/    (VIDEO)
» https://abcnews4.com/news/local/ccsd-substitute-teacher-arrested-on-multiple-counts-of-sexual-exploitation-of-a-minor-mppd  

▫️DPS traffic stop leads to arrests at migrant stash house in Northeast El Paso
https://www.borderreport.com/video/dps-traffic-stop-leads-to-arrests-at-migrant-stash-house-in-northeast-el-paso/9134683/ 

▫️Somerset County woman charged with sex trafficking, troopers say
CONFLUENCE, Pa. – A Confluence, Somerset County, woman was charged with sex trafficking, accused of trading drugs for sex with a 17-year-old boy, state police allege.
Brittany Michel Blenker, 33, was to appear Thursday for a preliminary hearing before District Judge Sandra Stevanus, of New Centerville.
https://www.tribdem.com/news/local_news/somerset-county-woman-charged-with-sex-trafficking-troopers-say/article_efcc8426-79a7-11ee-90ee-e37001521f54.html 

▫️Police no help in removing squatters, sex offender allowed to stay
TUCKER, Ga. - Much has been made over the years of squatters' rights. "Squatting" is when someone lives in a home, likely rent-free, and has to be kicked out by the courts. Well, here's a case with a street-side view into one of the most bizarre cases of trying to evict someone you may ever see.
This story involves a legitimate homeowner, a home for sale, and a convicted child sex trafficker. Guess who has the upper hand? It’s the kind of tale that makes homeowners and landlords confused about whose side the law is on.

▫️Michigan Woman Who Filmed Sexual Videos With Infant and Shared Them Online is Sentenced
DETROIT –  Amber Nicole Dunbar, 27, was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison on charges of sexual exploitation of children and distribution of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. As part of her plea, Dunbar admitted that in August 2022 she created images of herself engaging in sexually explicit conduct with an infant. She sent these images to another individual located in Tennessee, who was being investigated for child pornography charges. This individual had caused numerous women to produce and send him child pornography.
https://breaking911.com/michigan-woman-who-filmed-sexual-videos-with-infant-and-shared-them-online-is-sentenced/ 

▫️Candace Rivera faces additional charge of check fraud involving minor son's bank account
SALT LAKE CITY — Candace Rivera, the founder of an anti-human trafficking non-profit Exitus, already facing more than 30 charges of fraud, has now been charged with check fraud. Authorities allege that Rivera used a joint bank account opened with her teenage son to execute the fraud.
Rivera has been held in custody since her arrest in mid-September, with prosecutors hinting shortly thereafter that additional charges could follow.
https://kutv.com/news/2news-investigates/candace-rivera-anti-human-trafficking-non-profit-founder-arrested-for-check-fraud-involving-minor-sons-bank-account-court-hearings-financial-mismanagement-allegations 

▫️Lawmakers, advocates call on military to do more to address violence against Native Hawaiian women
HONOLULU - Advocates and lawmakers are calling on the military to bolster their response to a state-commissioned report on violence against Hawaii women and girls.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/11/03/lawmakers-advocates-call-military-do-more-address-violence-against-native-hawaiian-women/ 

▫️New civil lawsuit in Brittanee Drexel's murder
The law firm representing Brittanee Drexel's family announced a new civil lawsuit against Raymond Moody, Bar Harbor Hotel and Smith Family Partnership during a press conference. Moody picked up Drexel while she was walking down Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach. She was 17 years old at the time of her disappearance. Her killing went unsolved for 13 years until Moody confessed and was arrested and charged with her murder in May of 2022. 
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▫️North Carolina man sentenced to 6 life terms in prison after running sex trafficking ring in Durham
GREENSBORO, N.C. — US Attorney Sandra J. Hairston announced that a North Carolina man was sentenced to six life terms in prison on Thursday after being convicted of sex trafficking. Chester Wallace, 62, was convicted by a jury on July 14 after a four-day trial. He was convicted of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, threats of force, fraud, and coercion and five counts of using force, threats of force, fraud, and coercion to cause five victims to engage in commercial sex acts.
https://www.wxii12.com/article/north-carolina-man-sentenced-six-life-terms-sex-trafficking/45725435

▫️Sidewalk Soldiers hold fundraiser for survivors of trafficking
DAYTON, Ohio — A Dayton nonprofit helping women who are victims of sex trafficking is looking to raise money to continue its mission.
The Sidewalk Soldiers were founded in 2016. In February 2023, they opened the Safe Haven Drop-in Center at 526 Xenia Avenue where women can go for help with basic needs, peer support, and case management.
https://www.wdtn.com/as-seen-on-2-news/sidewalk-soldiers-hold-fundraiser-for-survivors-of-trafficking/ 

▫️Fmr. Charleston Co. substitute teacher arrested in connection to sexual exploitation of a minor
Jeffery Watkins charged 10 exploitation of minor.
https://www.live5news.com/video/2023/11/03/video-fmr-charleston-co-substitute-teacher-arrested-connection-sexual-exploitation-minor/ 

▫️Here are prominent Boys Town cases of sexual abuse, rape reported over the years
Some decades-old credible accusations of sexual abuse by priests who worked at Boys Town didn't become public until two years ago. Over the years, Boys Town programs have been associated with some high-profile suspected or documented cases of sexual abuse and rape. Here are some cases that have made headlines:
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/2023/11/01/a-look-at-earlier-rape-sexual-abuse-reports-in-boys-towns-history-youth-home/70790793007/
» https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/11/here-are-prominent-boys-town-cases-of-sexual-abuse-rape-reported-over-the-years/ 

▫️Washington County Sheriff’s Office detective discusses human trafficking in area
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. - Following the arrest of two people allegedly linked to a multistate sex trafficking ring, FOX 12 spoke to a Washington County Sheriff’s Office detective about human trafficking in our area.
https://www.kptv.com/2023/11/03/washington-county-sheriffs-office-detective-discusses-human-trafficking-area/ 

▫️Enfield Community Trafficking Awareness and Prevention | Nov 15
Mary Speta, Executive Director for Amirah, illuminates. Join Amirah and the concerned citizens of Enfield to learn more about this issue and how individuals, churches, businesses and communities can be prepared. The generous people of New Day Church sponsor this event. 
https://patch.com/connecticut/suffield/calendar/event/20231115/5c6a8cab-94a0-453d-9baa-5d88f1bef1a3/enfield-community-trafficking-awareness-and-prevention 
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▫️Woman Who Says She Was Kidnapped and Locked in Shed for 4 Days Rescued    #blackeyes
An Ohio woman who was kidnapped and beaten, police say, by a man who has been jailed in the past for doing the same thing to other women, was rescued by police after being locked in a shed for four days. Video showed the moments police surrounded a shed with guns drawn to take a repeat offender into custody. After entering the suspect's shed and calling out to see if anyone else was there, police noticed someone slowly coming down a ladder from the floor above. When she turned to face them she had two black eyes. The 23-year-old, Chloe Jones, told police she had been beaten with a baseball bat and held in the shed for four days. Jones wants to share her image and story as a warning to other women. She said her kidnapper, William Mozingo, 33, offered her a ride home and she made the mistake of saying yes.
» https://news.yahoo.com/cops-rescue-23-old-kidnapped-213602812.html   (VIDEO)
» https://www.insideedition.com/police-capture-alleged-kidnapper-and-free-woman-who-was-held-in-shed-for-4-days-and-beaten-with-a    (VIDEO) 

▫️Operation Spider Web: Mentor elementary teacher, 13 others arrested in undercover child sex sting
CLEVELAND — A sting operation targeting online child sexual predators in Northeast Ohio led to 14 arrests, according to Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O'Malley. Prosecutors say the defendants, ranging in ages 22 to 71, engaged in sexually explicit online conversations with undercover officers posing as children.
» https://fox8.com/news/northeast-ohio-undercover-child-sex-sting-leads-to-14-arrests/   (VIDEO)
» https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/crime/northeast-ohio-14-men-arrested-operation-spider-web-online-child-sex-predator-sting/95-f72569f8-051a-4d61-adb0-71bc4fe52c4c
» https://www.cleveland19.com/2023/11/03/14-men-arrested-northeast-ohio-sting-targeting-online-child-sex-predators-authorities-say/ 

▫️Hopkins County Sheriff Solicitation Sting Yields Arrests
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office, Mt. Pleasant Police Department, and Federal Bureau of Investigation all participated in a two-day undercover online operation. Arrested were Jed Anthony Shadix, Jr., age 46, of Como, TX, Jason Moore, age 45, of Marshall, TX, and Narcisco Belli-Villegas, age 32, of Ft. Worth, TX. All three men are charged with Online Solicitation of a Minor/Sexual Conduct.
https://www.ksstradio.com/2023/11/hopkins-county-sheriff-solicitation-sting-yields-arrests/ 

▫️West man charged with trafficking of a child
Waco police arrested an 18-year-old West man Thursday after a child accused him of sexual assault, an affidavit says. Gabriel Chavez was booked into McLennan County Jail and charged with trafficking of a child, a first-degree felony. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, a 14-year-old child reported to school officials Oct. 2 that Chavez had sexually assaulted them.
https://wacotrib.com/news/local/crime-courts/west-man-charged-with-trafficking-of-a-child/article_78081512-7a6b-11ee-970c-87df1abf24cc.html 

▫️Man accused of sexually assaulting girls in 3 Florida counties may have more victims, detectives say
FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – The state attorney’s office and detectives in Flagler, Orange and Osceola counties are seeking additional victims of a 25-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting teens.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said Pelfrene St Fort, who lived in Orlando, had several sexual “relationships” with girls from ages 13 and 16.
Anyone with information or who may be a victim of St Fort is asked to contact Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Det. Kathryn Gordon at KGordon@FlaglerSheriff.com.
» https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/11/03/man-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-girls-in-flagler-orange-osceola-counties-more-victims-possible/ 
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▫️Man accused of sex trafficking 16-year-old in Memphis
Police say a man forced a 16-year-old into prostitution and was selling her for sex on a known sex trade website. Brandon Deshun Jones, 35, was booked in the Shelby County Jail Thursday on charges of trafficking for a commercial sex act, domestic assault, and resisting official detention.
Rachel Haaga is the Executive Director of Restore Corps, which is an organization dedicated to eradicating human trafficking in the Mid-South. Haaga says they have received more than 120 referrals for teens involved in sex trafficking this year.
» https://wreg.com/news/local/man-accused-of-sex-trafficking-16-year-old-in-memphis/
» https://news.yahoo.com/man-accused-sex-trafficking-16-213445877.html
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▫️Livingston County Sheriff arrests child sex predator in Mt. Morris
Ryan C Canuti, 42, of Olean NY was charged with two felony counts after an investigation that began in June 2023. Investigator Connor Sanford arrested Canuti who was held on $50,000 cash, $250,000 bond.
https://wellsvillesun.com/blog/2023/11/03/livingston-county-sheriff-arrests-child-sex-predator-in-mt-morris/ 

▫️Former SDSU football player sentenced to jail, probation for possession of child sex abuse material
A former San Diego State University football player who was previously investigated in connection with an alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old girl was sentenced Friday to six months in county jail and two years of probation for possession of child sexual abuse material.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/courts/story/2023-11-03/former-aztec-football-player-sentenced  

▫️Winfield couple busted for harboring prostitution, money laundering
A Crown Point couple was formally charged Friday with allegedly using their two massage parlors as a front for prostitution, while concealing massive amounts of cash from taxes. The man, Guan Yu, 44, is charged with promotion of human trafficking, a Level 4 felony; promoting prostitution, a Level 5 felony, and failure to remit taxes held in trust, a Level 6 felony, according to a nine-page affidavit. The woman, Wujiao Liu, 45, is charged with the same, plus money laundering, and battery against a public safety official, both Level 6 felonies. None of the women actually wanted to work there and she would be embarrassed to tell her family. But the “only way to make enough money to live” was by selling sex there, she said.
» https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/ct-ptb-prostitution-st-1104-20231103-yvuyxo4plbemtfo4q23j62fk6a-story.html
» https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-courts/wujiao-liu-guan-yu-human-trafficking-prostitution-money-laundering/article_b29bdd66-7a53-11ee-a0e3-bbee230de623.html 

▫️Sex offender arrested on Halloween after being found in church with kids
An Opelousas registered sex offender was arrested on Halloween after officers found him in a church with several children, according to the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. Frederick Bias Jr. was convicted in 2007 on one count of aggravated crimes against nature and was sentenced to eight years hard labor. Authorities said the victim in that incident was under 5-year-old.
» https://www.klfy.com/local/st-landry-parish/sex-offender-arrested-on-halloween-after-being-found-in-church-with-kids/ 
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▫️Former Wichita public schools IT worker pleads guilty to federal child porn charge
Eric Caleb Carlson, 43, worked in the Wichita Public Schools’ information technology division when he was caught “downloading and receiving videos and images” showing young children in sexual situations and being sexually abused by adults, according to court records and a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-wichita-public-schools-worker-220723160.html

▫️Advocate from Sarasota talks about surviving sex trafficking
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — A sting operation in Manatee County that netted 17 people in law enforcement custody, including 6 men is drawing attention to the issue of sex trafficking. One survivor is also sharing her story to help let victims know that help is available to them. "My trafficker found out that I was trying to escape and he shot me," said Gabrielle Triplett of Sarasota. 
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/crime/selah-freedom-volunteer-story-survivor-human-sex-trafficking-help/67-c8b37264-03d6-4510-a95d-f7df3d666a37 
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▫️14 men arrested in Nevada by Regional HEAT Unit
From November 1-2, 2023, the Regional HEAT Unit conducted a sting operation at a lodging establishment to combat sex purchasers and other crimes related to child sexual exploitation. One of them allegedly tried to engage in the solicitation of prostitution while the 13 others allegedly tried to engage in sexual activity with who they believed to be a juvenile. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information about the 14 arrestees’ alleged crimes is asked to call the Regional HEAT Unit at 775 325-6470.
» https://www.kolotv.com/2023/11/04/14-arrested-child-sex-trafficking-sting/
» https://www.2news.com/news/14-arrests-in-child-sexual-exploitation-sting/article_3f5ff7ca-7b33-11ee-8306-87247abb7972.html
» https://conandaily.com/2023/11/04/14-men-arrested-in-nevada-by-regional-heat-unit/
» https://conandaily.com/2023/11/04/reno-nevadas-junming-wang-arrested-by-regional-heat-unit-booked-into-washoe-county-jail/ 

▫️Albany Man Indicted for Sexually Abusing a Toddler (rescued)
EUGENE, Ore. — On the morning of September 8, 2023, special agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) discovered material online depicting child sexual abuse and determined that Taylor was likely committing the abuse from his home in Albany. Within hours, HSI agents and officers from the Albany Police Department obtained and executed a federal search warrant on Taylor’s residence. The same night, HSI and Albany Police arrested Taylor and rescued the toddler victim. When taken into protective custody, the toddler victim was still wearing the same clothes as those depicted in the abuse images allegedly produced and distributed by Taylor hours earlier. Kevin Walter Taylor, 33, has been charged with five counts of using a child to produce a visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct, four counts of distributing child pornography, and one count of possessing child pornography.
https://theashlandchronicle.com/albany-man-indicted-for-sexually-abusing-a-toddler/ 

▫️NY man pleads guilty in Mass. child sex abuse case, admits he raped 12-year-old girl
A New York man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston after authorities say he travelled to Massachusetts last year to rape a minor who believed she was meeting a teen. Markell Greene, 27, pleaded guilty on Oct. 20 to one count of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of travel with intent to engage in illicit conduct, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts.
» https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/ny-man-pleads-guilty-in-mass-child-sex-abuse-case-admits-he-raped-12-year-old-girl/3166743/
» https://www.necn.com/news/local/ny-man-pleads-guilty-in-mass-child-sex-abuse-case-admits-he-raped-12-year-old-girl/3083857/ 

▫️Texas Fugitive Arrested in Puerto Rico for Human Smuggling and Trafficking Warrants
Naguabo, Puerto Rico – In a successful vehicle intervention on Friday, local police in Puerto Rico apprehended a 21-year-old man with multiple arrest warrants related to human smuggling and human trafficking in the state of Texas. Identified as Luis Jordany Rivera Gómez, the fugitive had been on the run since August 10, 2022.
https://www.breakinglatest.news/news/texas-fugitive-arrested-in-puerto-rico-for-human-smuggling-and-trafficking-warrants/  

▫️Police: Tontitown man kept child in "void" that was nailed shut
TONTITOWN, Ark. — According to the Tontitown Police Department (TPD), bodycam footage captured the moment when a 5-year-old was pulled from a section of closet that was nailed shut. The man who owned the home, John Thompson, has been arrested. Police say officers arrived at Thompson's Tontitown home to assist the Arkansas Department of Human Services (ADHS) in taking custody of the 5-year-old, but upon arriving, Thompson refused to open the door, saying that the child was not there. During this conversation, which police estimate to have lasted at least thirty minutes, police say they heard banging from the outside of the wall.
» https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/crime/true-crime/police-man-kept-5-year-old-prisoner-closet-bodycam-footage/527-9458f0af-3d11-42c6-87ee-51726dd3e3e6 
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▫️Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Launches Human Trafficking Advisory Council
Oakland Police Department, also a part of the advisory council, shared that in partnership with the FBI, they completed 26 critical investigations where 14 minors were rescued, 27 individuals were arrested for solicitation, and 14 individuals suspected of human trafficking were arrested. On Wednesday evening, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao launched her Human Trafficking Advisory Council. Collaborating with several agencies, the council aims to devise strategies to prevent and investigate human trafficking crimes, as well as assist victims in healing from these crimes. Alameda County is identified as the third-largest hub for sex trafficking in the country, with 4,700 youth victims.
https://www.postnewsgroup.com/oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-launches-human-trafficking-advisory-council/  

▫️Laredo CBP officers apprehend fugitive sought for sexual offense against a child
Cesar Eduardo Castro, a 67-year-old male United States citizen, had an outstanding felony warrant for a sexual offense against a child/fondling of a child, out of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office in Houston, Texas.
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/laredo-cbp-officers-apprehend-fugitive-sought-sexual-offense-against-1 

▫️Former priest at St. John’s Jesuit High School placed on sexual abuse list
A deceased priest who served at St. John’s Jesuit High School in the 1990s and early 2000s was placed on a list of established allegations of sexual abuse of a minor. An allegation was made in 2022 against the Rev. Francis Canfield, who died in May, by a former student of the Toledo school, according to an email sent to an alumnus from the school’s president Mark Swentkofske. Mr. Canfield’s name was added Monday to the list of Midwest Jesuits with an established allegation of sexual abuse of a minor by the Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus.
https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/11/former-priest-at-st-johns-jesuit-high-school-placed-on-sexual-abuse-list/ 

▫️Jury choose not to indict Dallas man accused of abducting girl
Emanuel Cartagena, 33, was arrested by U.S. Marshals in January and charged with sex assault of a child. The accusations against Cartagena were linked to an incident that occurred in April 2022. A 15-year-old girl went missing from a Dallas Mavericks game she was attending with her dad. Surveillance footage later showed the teen in the concourse of American Airlines Center and outside of the arena with unidentified men. Eleven days after her disappearance, she was recovered from a sex trafficking ring by police in Oklahoma City. A Dallas PD policy may have delayed the search for teen who went missing from Mavs game, parents say:
» https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/crime/jury-chooses-not-to-indict-man-accused-luring-assaulting-teen-trafficking-victim-from-dallas-mavericks-game/287-66f34c23-026d-4ae9-aa6d-8102d9110450 
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▫️Human trafficking conference looks at crimes at hotels and resorts
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — Cindy Alvarado is a survivor of human trafficking. "Every day, you wake up thinking if it's your last day on Earth," she said. Alvarado shared her story at the 2nd Annual Human Trafficking and Drug Abuse Awareness Conference, hosted by the Osceola County Sheriff's Office. Human trafficking detective, Justin Akins, said the crimes happen in all types of hotels and resorts.
https://www.wesh.com/article/human-trafficking-conference/45726732# 

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▫️Teen Predator Bust: Minnesota Deputy Arrested & Charged in Sting
Rochester, MN - A member of the Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office is facing multiple felony charges after attempting to solicit sexual acts form an undercover officer posing as a young girl online. On Wednesday, the Rochester Police officer received an online message from a man identified as 44-year-old Mathew Adamson of Rochester. The Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to KROC-AM News that Adamson is a Corporal in the Olmsted County Adult Detention Center. Adamson was arraigned Friday on felony charges of hiring an individual believed to be under the age of 14 for prostitution, electronically soliciting a person believed to be a child to engage in sexual conduct and engaging in electronic communication relating or describing sexual conduct with a child.
https://krocnews.com/teen-predator-bust-minnesota-deputy-arrested-charged-in-sting-operation/ 

▫️Officer traveled to Hendersonville for sex acts with minor, sentenced
ASHEVILLE — A former corrections officer was sentenced in federal court Nov. 2 for traveling to Hendersonville to engage in illicit sex acts with a minor, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, Dena J. King, announced in a news release. John Allen Biggins, 42, of Surgoinsville, Tennessee, will serve 17 years in prison, after he pleaded guilty on Feb. 27 to traveling in interstate commerce to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. 
https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2023/11/06/officer-traveled-to-hendersonville-for-sex-acts-with-minor-sentenced/71440077007/ 

▫️Lawsuit filed against Kansas City government over police corruption, sexual assault by former detective
Five women who say they were sexually assaulted or harassed by a former Kansas City, Kansas, detective filed a lawsuit Friday accusing the government of allowing police corruption to thrive for years. The government declined to comment because of the pending litigation, and a lawyer for former Detective Roger Golubski told the newspaper he couldn't comment because he hadn't read the lawsuit. He is currently on house arrest facing two federal indictments alleging he sexually assaulted and kidnapped a woman and a teenager between 1998 and 2002, and that he was part of a sex trafficking ring involving underage girls in Kansas City, Kansas, between 1996 and 1998.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/lawsuit-filed-kansas-city-government-police-corruption-sexual-assault-former-detective 

▫️Pulaski County man arrested on 30 counts of child pornography charges
A 38-year-old man out of Pulaski County was arrested Friday by Arkansas State Police on child pornography charges. A release from the ASP said Curtis Randall Raney Jr. was charged with 30 counts of possession and distribution of child pornography. Police said this search was the result of an ongoing investigation into the suspected possession and distribution of child sexual abuse materials.
https://katv.com/news/local/pulaski-county-man-charged-with-30-counts-of-child-porn-arkansas-state-police-sexual-abuse-materials-special-agents-digital-forensic-analysts-law-enforcement-agency-officials-officers-authorities-deputies-detectives-curtis-randall-raney-jr-internet-asp 

▫️An ecclesial movement has just admitted its former U.S. leader has been credibly accused of sexual and psychological abuse against young adults and minors over more than two decades
Christopher Bacich, who headed up Communion and Liberation in the U.S. from March 2007 until August 2013, was the "sole perpetrator" of abuse against "multiple victims," according to an Oct. 31 statement issued by Father Michael Carvill, the movement's current head, and Steve Brown, president of the New York-based Human Adventure Corporation, a nonprofit that coordinates the movement's activities in the U.S.
» https://www.ucanews.com/news/abuse-charges-against-us-ecclesial-movement-leader-deemed-credible/103166
» https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/11/abuse-charges-against-us-ecclesial-movement-leader-deemed-credible/  

▫️Man found guilty of pimping and pandering, faces 12 year prison sentence
BAKERSFIELD, Calif.  — The Kern County District Attorney’s office announced a guilty verdict for an accused pimp as a result of a April 2022 undercover human trafficking investigation. A Kern County jury found Willie Donte Brown, 35, guilty of one count of pimping and another count of pandering as part of an undercover human trafficking operation involving local and federal law enforcement.
https://www.kget.com/news/crime-watch/man-found-guilty-of-pimping-and-pandering-faces-12-year-prison-sentence/ 

▫️For over 150 years, Indigenous children were taken from their communities and forced into the boarding schools, which systematically abused students to assimilate them into white society
Religious and private institutions ran many of the schools and received federal funding as partners in government programs to “civilize” Indigenous students. The schools renamed children from Native American to English names, organized them into military drills and compelled them to do manual labor such as farming, brick-making and working on the railroad system, according to federal officials. At least 500 children died at the schools, according to the report — a figure that's expected to increase dramatically as research continues. Sunday's event at Montana State University in Bozeman was the last of 12 stops on the “Road to Healing” tour by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, a member of Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico who has prioritized examining the trauma caused by the schools. Victims and survivors of the schools have shared tearful recollections of their experience during prior listening sessions in Oklahoma, South Dakota, Michigan, Arizona, Alaska and other states.
https://www.fox23.com/news/survivors-say-trauma-from-abusive-native-american-boarding-schools-stretches-across-generations/article_0c7f87f1-a30e-5fb8-9735-7bdf1773cc32.html 

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▫️Human trafficking task force helping dozens of victims,  30 survivors
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.  — Last year, grant funding allowed the Kent County Sheriff’s Office to launch a task force focused on human trafficking. Now, deputies are continuing to make headway by locating a number of victims and accused traffickers. This year, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office’s Human Trafficking Task Force has led to the arrest of nine people. Eight were arrested in August after an undercover sting. Jeremy Byl of Walker was charged with transporting a prostitute, among other charges. The task force has also identified more than 30 victims of human trafficking. All but one of the victims are women and their ages range from 25 to 59 years old.
» https://www.woodtv.com/news/kent-county/human-trafficking-task-force-helping-dozens-of-victims/ 
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▫️Multi-jurisdictional crackdown leads to 18 human trafficking victims rescued
18 human trafficking victims have been rescued and three individuals have been taken into custody following a multi-jurisdictional operation in two prominent areas of Mississippi. According to the attorney general’s office, an operation in Hattiesburg that took place from October 24 to October 26 resulted in two arrests and six victim contacts. An operation in Jackson County spanning from October 31 to November 2 resulted in one arrest and 12 victim contacts.
https://www.supertalk.fm/multi-jurisdictional-crackdown-leads-to-18-human-trafficking-victims-rescued/ 

▫️Ten Grand Junction area men arrested in multi-state sting operation targeting internet sex predators
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Multiple agencies in the Grand Valley area underwent a sting operation last week, targeting an undercover internet sex predator ring operation. Ten men have been arrested and accused of using the internet to solicit children for sex.
https://www.nbc11news.com/2023/11/06/ten-grand-junction-area-men-arrested-multi-state-sting-operation-targeting-internet-sex-predators/ 

▫️Pulaski County, Mo. detectives arrest five for sex trafficking after finding teenager at an apartment building
WAYNESVILLE, Mo. - Pulaski County detectives have arrested five people in connection to human trafficking. Investigators say Ulysses Tallie, Kaleb Gibson, Emma Simpson, Danika Gillen, and Stephen Mark Libhart are facing charges. Deputies were trying to find a runway 13-year-old when they found her at a St. Robert apartment building.
» https://www.ky3.com/2023/11/06/pulaski-county-mo-detectives-arrest-five-sex-trafficking-after-finding-teenager-an-apartment-building/
» https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/3-arrested-for-child-sex-trafficking-in-pulaski-county/ 

▫️Knoxville Police Officer Arrested For Production Of Child Pornography
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Dan Roark, 47, an officer with the Knoxville Police Department, was arrested today in Knoxville on federal charges involving the production of child pornography. The Criminal Complaint is the result of an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Scott County Sheriff, Virginia, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), and the Ninth Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
» https://www.wlox.com/video/2023/11/06/knoxville-police-officer-arrested-child-pornography-charges-doj-says/    (VIDEO) 
» https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtn/pr/knoxville-police-officer-arrested-production-child-pornography
» https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2023/11/06/knoxville-police-officer-arrested-federal-child-pornography-charges/71479216007/

▫️Former Colorado police officer arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting teen while on duty
LOVELAND, Colo. - Loveland Police and the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office spoke Monday afternoon after a former Loveland Police Officer was arrested on several felony charges, including kidnapping and sexual assault on a child. According to officials, former officer Dylan Miller, 28, allegedly assaulted a 15-year-old girl while on duty over the summer.
https://www.kktv.com/2023/11/06/former-colorado-police-officer-arrested-after-allegedly-sexually-assaulting-teen-while-duty/ 

▫️Suspect Arrested in Large-Scale Human Trafficking Investigation, JIAN LIN - Suspect At Large
In October of 2022, the Human Trafficking Unit of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN) received an anonymous tip alleging sex trafficking occurring at a residential location (brothel) in northwest Oklahoma City. FENG JIANG and JIAN LIN were identified as persons operating a brothel where approximately a dozen women were trafficked. In September 2023, the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office Multi-County Grand Jury unit indicted JIANG and LIN on two counts each of human trafficking.  On October 24, 2023, JIANG was taken into custody. Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of JIAN LIN is asked to call the OBN Human Trafficking Tip-Line at (855) 617-2288. He is a 32-year-old Asian male (DOB 5/9/1992), 5’11’, 150 pounds.
https://www.poteaudailynews.com/theantlersamerican/suspect-arrested-in-large-scale-human-trafficking-investigation/article_f05648ca-78dd-11ee-a2f8-6b99cbf90ed5.html 

▫️Liberty County Man Arrested for the Sexual Exploitation of Children
Hinesville, GA – On Monday, October 23, 2023, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes (CEACC) Unit arrested and charged Winford Griffin, age 37, of Liberty County, Georgia, with ten counts of sexual exploitation of children.   
https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2023-11-06/liberty-county-man-arrested-sexual-exploitation-children 

▫️ERO Baltimore arrests Mexican national convicted of sexual abuse of Maryland minor
BALTIMORE — Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Baltimore apprehended an undocumented noncitizen convicted of sex crimes against a Maryland minor. Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore’s Fugitive Operations Team apprehended the 37-year-old Mexican national Nov. 3 in Joppa. “This undocumented noncitizen has proven time and again to pose a threat to our Maryland communities,” said ERO Baltimore acting Field Office Director Darius Reeves.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-baltimore-arrests-mexican-national-convicted-sexual-abuse-maryland-minor 

▫️Man allegedly involved in child exploitation case arrested in Emeryville
Alameda police have arrested a person who is allegedly involved in a child exploitation case first reported to officers by a non-profit advocating online safety for minors. Alameda Police Department officers arrested the individual at the suspect’s workplace in Emeryville on Nov. 2, after several months of investigations stemming from a tipoff from the Wolf Project Inc., officers said Monday. In June, the Wolf Project Inc., an organization focused on fighting child sex trafficking, sexual abuse, and sextortion, alerted Alameda police to an Alameda man’s “concerning” online interactions with minors. As of now, Alameda police have identified several of the minors the male suspect was in communication with. The investigation is still ongoing, according to police.
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/man-allegedly-involved-in-child-exploitation-case-arrested-in-emeryville/ 

▫️Florida Man and Woman Arrested on Abhorrent Child Sex Charges
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Detectives from the Pinellas County’s Crimes Against Children Unit have arrested two individuals in connection with multiple charges, including Possession of Child Pornography, Lewd and Lascivious Molestation, Promoting the Sexual Performance of a Child, and Unlawful use of a Two-way Communication Device. The investigation was initiated following a report of inappropriate conduct allegedly involving 26-year-old Brandon Green and 21-year-old Autumn Jenkins, directed towards a female victim. Detectives assert that Green and Jenkins engaged in sexual acts with the victim and recorded the incidents.
https://breaking911.com/florida-man-and-woman-arrested-on-abhorrent-child-sex-charges/ 

▫️A Norwell pediatrician faces allegations of sexually abusing children
NORWELL - A former pediatrician at South Shore Medical Center in Norwell has been charged with sexually assaulting girls during their annual physical examinations. Two former patients, both females, told Norwell police in October that Dr. Richard A. Kauff sexually abused them during physical exams when they were children.
https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2023/11/07/sexual-abuse-rape-norwell-ma-pediatrician-allegations-girls-richard-kauff-south-shore-medical-center/71474163007/ 

▫️Former San Jose Jr. Sharks coach arrested for sexual assault of a minor
San Jose police arrested a former San Jose Jr. Sharks coach for alleged sexual assault of a minor and child pornography, the department said Monday. The suspect was identified as Kevin Whitmer, a former head coach and skills coach for the Jr. Sharks. On Friday, Sharks Sports & Entertainment confirmed the arrest of a former coach, but did not identify Whitmer.
» https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/south-bay/former-san-jose-jr-sharks-coach-arrested-sex-assault/3363425/    (VIDEO)
» https://www.sjpd.org/Home/Components/News/News/1461/262 

▫️Sex trafficking, drugs and assault: Texas foster kids and caseworkers face chaos in rental houses and hotels
Some of Texas’ most victimized and vulnerable foster children are reportedly running away nightly, falling victim to sexual predators, consuming marijuana and threatening caseworkers with gun violence or sexual aggression.
https://www.click2houston.com/news/texas/2023/11/06/sex-trafficking-drugs-and-assault-texas-foster-kids-and-caseworkers-face-chaos-in-rental-houses-and-hotels/ 

▫️McMinn woman gets 22 years behind bars in guilty plea to sexual contact with 18 teenage boys
A Tennessee woman facing more than 40 criminal counts of inappropriate sexual contact with at least 18 teenage boys in McMinn County between 2018 and 2021 was sentenced to 22 years behind bars following a guilty plea in Criminal Court. Melissa Ann Blair, 40, previously of Englewood, Tennessee, was sentenced Monday on a guilty plea to aggravated statutory rape, solicitation of a minor, patronizing prostitution, soliciting sexual exploitation of a minor and sexual exploitation of a minor through electronic means. 
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2023/nov/06/mcminn-woman-gets-22-years-behind-bars-in-guilty/ 

▫️Caldwell County pastor facing child sex abuse charges
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Caldwell County pastor was arrested last week on multiple child sex abuse charges, deputies said. 
The Caldwell County Sheriff's Office served two search warrants at the home of Ashley James Crouse, 51, on Friday, Nov. 3, after receiving a tip that Crouse was accused of having inappropriate contact with a minor. Crouse is a pastor at New Vision Baptist Church in Granite Falls, according to the sheriff's office. 
https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/caldwell-county-pastor-arrested-child-sex-crimes/275-7b904c27-9405-4656-9bb1-a18cf9d90878 

▫️Mayport sailor charged with trying to lure child into sex
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Mayport sailor was arraigned in federal court Thursday. United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg returned an indictment charging Michael Buck Brockway, 39, with using his cellphone to try to lure a "minor child" into sexual activity. He was arrested on July 28 after he allegedly was speaking with a child for eleven days.
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/crime/mayport-sailor-charged-trying-lure-child-sex-breaking-federal-law/77-63a07bad-73a8-4ed1-91b2-ac56f196d168 

▫️North Park kidnapper pleads guilty to child porn charges
A North Park man who kidnapped an Oklahoma teenage girl has pleaded guilty to transporting sexually explicit images of a minor across state lines. The images were of the kidnapping victim, who was abducted in June 2022 and rescued by San Diego Police after she was able to find a cellphone to call her father and police. The charge Ramsey Manuel Cervantes, 23, pleaded guilty to carries the same penalty as a federal kidnapping charge, which is 20 years in federal prison, according to court records.
https://sdnews.com/north-park-kidnapper-pleads-guilty-to-child-porn-charges/ 

▫️HSI San Diego, BP case results in migrant smuggler admitting to sexually assaulting a juvenile while being smuggled into the US
SAN DIEGO – A local area man pleaded guilty in federal court on Nov. 2, to alien smuggling charges and admitted that, in carrying out those crimes, he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old female multiple times while traveling from Mexico to the United States. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Border Patrol (BP) investigated this case. Cecilio Yonatan Jimenez-Bautista, 27, of Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday. No relative or guardian accompanied the minor.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-san-diego-bp-case-results-migrant-smuggler-admitting-sexually-assaulting-juvenile 

▫️Iowa sex trafficking doc to be shown in Bettendorf
A 2019 documentary about sex trafficking in Iowa, made by a Davenport native, will be shown at the Bettendorf Public Library on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023 at 6 p.m.
“Gridshock” – directed by 30-year-old Davenport native Vanessa McNeal, who earned her undergraduate degree from Iowa State and master’s from University of Northern Iowa – will be shown at the library from 6-7:30 p.m., including a Q&A afterwards.
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/ia-sex-trafficking-doc-to-be-shown-in-bettendorf/ 

▫️62-year-old Durham man to serve 6 back-to-back life sentences after sex trafficking conviction of 5 women
DURHAM, N.C. - A man arrested in a human trafficking investigation by the Durham Police Department's Special Victims Unit is going to prison for the rest of his natural life. Chester Wallace, 62, was arrested and charged in March 2022 with human trafficking charges following a long-term investigation. After his arrest Wallace's bond was set at $10 million. In addition to prison time, Wallace was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $68,000. A hearing to determine additional restitution is scheduled for a later date. All the women involved in the investigation have been offered continued resources, according to investigators.
https://abc11.com/human-sex-trafficking-durham-man-6-life-sentences-chester-wallace/14018288/ 

▫️Baylor in Washington alumna speaks on anti-human trafficking efforts in TED Talk
In her role as Europe strategy director for Unbound Now, former Baylor student Allison Byrd is leading the organization’s crisis response in Ukraine by serving survivors of human trafficking and working with regional law enforcement. In June, Byrd gave a TEDxTAMU Talk to discuss her time in Poland.
https://baylorlariat.com/2023/11/06/baylor-in-washington-alumna-speaks-on-anti-human-trafficking-efforts-in-ted-talk/ 

▫️West Virginia judge to hold community forum on human trafficking
ST. MARYS, WV – Third Judicial Circuit (Doddridge, Pleasants and Ritchie Counties) Judge Timothy Sweeney is launching a local initiative to stop human trafficking. Judge Sweeney and West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner are scheduled to lead a community forum at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7, in the auditorium of St. Marys High School, 2330 N. Pleasants Hwy., St. Marys.
https://www.lootpress.com/west-virginia-judge-to-hold-community-forum-on-human-trafficking/ 
 

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▫️(UPDATE) Operation Phoenix: Sex trafficking ring busted in South Bay;  9 arrests, 6 at large, 18 survivors
Prosecutors described Operation Phoenix as one of the largest human trafficking cases in the state and the first wiretap-based trafficking case in the county's history. Authorities in the South Bay have arrested nine suspects and rescued more than a dozen survivors following the bust of a sex trafficking ring last week. "The victims were not allowed to leave the hotel rooms without permission, kept under constant surveillance, and were threatened with having their families harmed if they disobeyed or tried to escape," the DA's office said in a statement. Prosecutors said the nine suspects were charged with multiple crimes, including human trafficking, conspiracy to commit human trafficking, pimping, pandering and money laundering. The suspects face prison time if convicted.
An additional six suspects remain at large. Eighteen human trafficking victims were rescued, including one juvenile. While rescues have been made, prosecutors said the wiretap revealed more than 30 victims.
» https://abc7news.com/human-trafficking-ring-santa-clara-county-operation-phoenix-sex/14023869/     (VIDEO)
» https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/south-bay-human-trafficking-bust-operation-phoenix-9-arrested-18-rescued/
 » https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/south-bay/santa-clara-county-human-trafficking-ring/3364692/
» https://countyda.sccgov.org/news/news-release/multi-agency-operation-phoenix-arrests-nine-human-traffickers-rescues-18-victims
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▫️Utah authorities assist in undercover operation, arrest 10 alleged child sexual predators
MESA COUNTY, Colo. — Utah officials helped their counterparts in Colorado conduct a two-day undercover sting operation last week in which 10 men were arrested for child sex-related crimes. After the two-day operation, 10 men ranging in age from 28 to 68 years old were arrested and booked into jail. They are all facing charges related to child sexual exploitation or abuse crimes. These include soliciting for child prostitution, attempted sex assault on a child, and attempted patronizing (seeking to engage in sexual activity) of a prostituted child, officials said.
» https://www.nbc11news.com/2023/11/06/ten-grand-junction-area-men-arrested-multi-state-sting-operation-targeting-internet-sex-predators/    (VIDEO)
 » https://www.abc4.com/news/southern-utah/utah-police-assist-in-arrest-of-several-alleged-colorado-child-perpetrators/    (VIDEO)
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▫️Savannah police arrest woman for sex trafficking underage girls
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Police in Savannah have arrested a 20-year-old woman on sex trafficking charges. On Tuesday, the Savannah Police Department arrested Tiffany Ferrell in connection with a human trafficking / sexual exploitation of a child investigation. According to Savannah Police, the underage victims gave statements to investigators that lead to the charges of human trafficking. One of the victims was a runaway and both of them have been returned to their families.
https://www.wjcl.com/article/savannah-sex-trafficking-tiffany-ferrell/45769128# 

▫️Town Creek man arrested in child exploitation sting
According to law enforcement, Ryan Philip Nobriga, 31, of Town Creek, was arrested following a child exploitation sting operation by the Cullman Police Department, in cooperation with the Covenant Rescue Group. According to an investigator’s affidavit, on Oct. 13, Nobriga responded to an internet advertisement for a sexual service, unaware that he was conversing with an undercover officer posing as a 15-year-old girl.
https://www.moultonadvertiser.com/news/article_31f9d1f0-7db3-11ee-a8d2-dbcbb18cb45a.html 

▫️Florida fugitive arrested after Enterprise standoff
ENTERPRISE, Ala — A Florida man wanted by the U.S. Marshalls on sex crimes was arrested this week in Enterprise after a multi-hour standoff. According to Enterprise Police, at 5.46 a.m. on Monday, November 6, U.S. Marshals attempted to execute an arrest warrant in the 800 block of South Ouida Street when the suspect, 54-year-old Franklin Pierce Smith, barricaded himself inside the home with a gun. A release from the Enterprise Police Department states Smith was wanted out of Holmes County, Florida, on felony charges of sexual assault and human trafficking. No further details will be released at this time due to the possibility of additional charges.
» https://www.wdhn.com/news/local-news/coffee-county/enterprise/florida-fugitive-arrested-after-enterprise-standoff-police/ 
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▫️Texas city council candidate arrested for allegedly possessing child pornography
FOX 4 in Dallas reported that Brad Benson, who is on the ballot for a seat on the Granbury City Council in Tuesday’s election faces two counts of possession of child pornography. The Republican Party of Hood County posted on Facebook that Benson, a member of the Granbury Volunteer Fire Department, the deputy fire marshal and businessman was apprehended Monday morning.
» https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-city-council-candidate-arrested-allegedly-possessing-child-pornography
» https://fox28savannah.com/news/nation-world/texas-city-council-candidate-arrested-on-child-porn-charges-day-before-election-report-says-granbury-republican-brad-benson 

▫️McAlester pastor arrested for possession of child sexual abuse material
McALESTER, Okla. – A McAlester pastor was arrested on Monday after state agents found evidence of child sexual abuse material at the pastor’s home. On Nov. 1, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation was notified by the Oklahoma Counter Terrorism Intelligence Center in regard to possible computer crimes by 40-year-old David Prince, who is a chaplain and associate pastor in McAlester, OSBI said in a press release.
https://www.fox23.com/news/mcalester-pastor-arrested-for-possession-of-child-sexual-abuse-material/article_87311e08-7e2b-11ee-a700-af6a7bfb76b9.html 

▫️Charlotte school counselor crucial to charging man with indecent liberties
The investigation started in September, but Channel 9’s Hunter Sáenz found out the suspect was arrested this weekend for the crimes. Forty-year-old Obner Itain Rosales-Romero is accused of sexually assaulting two girls just 9 and 10 years old. Investigators said the assaults started at an apartment complex in south Charlotte a few months ago.
https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/charlotte-school-counselor-crucial-charging-man-with-indecent-liberties/ZNBYTHN2QBFALFFIAWEFEKM7PM/ 

▫️Ex-CIA officer accused of sexually abusing dozens of women pleads guilty to federal charges
WASHINGTON — A former CIA officer accused of drugging and sexually assaulting at least two dozen women during various overseas postings pleaded guilty Tuesday in Washington to federal sex abuse charges that could land him behind bars for up to 30 years. Brian Jeffrey Raymond kept nearly 500 videos and photographs he took of naked, unconscious women, including many in which he can be seen opening their eyelids, groping or straddling them, prosecutors say. The images date to 2006 and track much of Raymond’s career, with victims in Mexico, Peru and other countries. The case was just the latest embarrassment for the CIA, which in recent months has seen a reckoning over its often secretive and antiquated handling of sexual misconduct claims within the spy agency. The Associated Press found at least two-dozen women have come forward to tell authorities and Congress about sexual assaults, unwanted touching and what they contend are the CIA’s efforts to silence them.
» https://nypost.com/2023/11/08/news/ex-cia-officer-brian-raymond-accused-of-sexually-abusing-dozens-of-women-pleads-guilty/
» https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/cia-officer-accused-sexually-abusing-dozens-women-pleads-104702935
» https://www.kktv.com/2023/11/07/ex-cia-officer-accused-sexually-abusing-dozens-women-pleads-guilty-federal-charges/ 

▫️Former FBI contractor admits to grooming young boys online, pleads guilty to child exploitation charge
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former FBI contractor pleaded guilty Tuesday in court to production and receipt of child sexual abuse material. Brett Janes, 26, of Arlington, was charged back in August after a federal grand jury returned an indictment. Janes allegedly contacted roughly a dozen young boys over Discord and Snapchat. Court docs state that he groomed the minors by telling them he worked for a U.S. intelligence agency.
» https://www.fox5dc.com/news/former-fbi-contractor-admits-to-grooming-young-boys-online-pleads-guilty-to-child-exploitation-charge
» https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/former-fbi-contractor-pleads-guilty-to-child-sex-crimes/65-a36efd3a-ba1d-4166-8cfc-3937986fa961 

▫️Nashville man charged with child sex crimes, sent child sexual abuse videos via Snapchat
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Nashville man is facing a slew of child sex crime charges after Metro Nashville police received a cyber tip about a man sharing child sexual abuse material on Snapchat. Police said the tip came from an internet cloud storage provider which led to the arrest of 25-year-old Daniel R. Allen.
https://www.wsmv.com/2023/11/08/nashville-man-charged-with-child-sex-crimes-sent-child-sexual-abuse-videos-via-snapchat/ 

▫️Man gets 2 life terms plus 35 years for child abuse, child sex abuse
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. - A Florida judge has sentenced a man to two consecutive life prison terms plus an additional 35 years after a jury found him guilty of multiple child abuse and child sexual abuse charges, the Florida’s State Attorney’s Office for the First Judicial Circuit announced this week. The Escambia County jury on Nov. 1 convicted Robert Joel Cota of sexual battery of a victim less than 12 years of age, sexual battery while in position of custodial authority, aggravated child abuse, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. According to court documents, Cota had been sexually abusing a minor for a period of three years, when the victim was ages 11 through age 14.
https://www.fox10tv.com/2023/11/07/man-gets-2-life-terms-plus-35-years-child-abuse-child-sex-abuse/ 

▫️2023 Operation Boo Dat: CrimeStoppers hoping Operation Boo Dat brings more arrests this year
NEW ORLEANS  — Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans is hoping its annual “Boo Dat'” program will lead to another successful series of arrests. In the past, the program has netted big results including 30 arrests one year and the recovery of five missing or endangered children. So far, more than 460 people have been booked after their cases rolled on the Wheel of Justice. If you have information that could help police locate any of the suspects, call Crimestoppers at (504)-822-1111. You don’t have to reveal your name or testify in court, and you could be eligible to earn a cash reward.
» https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/crimestoppers-hoping-operation-boo-dat-brings-more-arrests-this-year/vi-AA1jfyVt
» https://www.crimestoppersgno.org/2023-operation-boo-dat.html 
» https://wgno.com/news/wheel-of-justice/boo-dat-back-to-arrest-wanted-suspects/
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▫️Oregon man extradited from Portugal found guilty of child sex abuse
PORTLAND Ore. - An Oregon man who was extradited from Portugal in 2021 was found guilty on over 70 charges related to child sex crimes spanning over several years.
Leland Patrick Harper, 62, was found guilty on several charges, including, but not limited to:
23 counts of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree
16 counts of Using a Child in a Display of Sexually Explicit Conduct
14 counts of Luring a Minor.
https://www.kptv.com/2023/11/08/oregon-man-extradited-portugal-found-guilty-child-sex-abuse/ 

▫️Baltimore Archdiocese shuts down Mass at city parish after priest abuse scandal
The Archdiocese of Baltimore said last week that Masses and sacraments at a Baltimore parish would be discontinued after its pastor was removed there last month following a scandal over sex abuse accusations and hush money. Baltimore priest Father Paschal Morlino, OSB, the former pastor of St. Benedict Parish, was suspended from priestly duties last month after an investigation from the archdiocese.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255923/baltimore-archdiocese-shuts-down-mass-at-city-parish-after-priest-abuse-scandal
https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/11/baltimore-archdiocese-shuts-down-mass-at-city-parish-after-priest-abuse-scandal/ 
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▫️Genesee County Sheriff: Missing teen girl last seen with 54-year-old man with criminal history
The Genesee County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help finding a 15-year-old girl is who is presumed kidnapped and last seen with a 54-year-old suspect who has a criminal history. Sheriff Chris Swanson said that on Monday that Norreana Horton was seen leaving Flint Kearsley High School with a Robert Tramble on Monday. Tramble has a criminal background dating back to 1988 including second-degree homicide. Horton is a ward of the state from the Department of Health and Human Services and is being taken care of by a foster family.
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/genesee-county-sheriff-missing-teen-girl-last-seen-with-54-year-old-man-with-criminal-history 

▫️Nine arrested in sprawling Santa Clara County sex-trafficking ring
Santa Clara County prosecutors Tuesday announced nine arrests in what they said was a sprawling Bay Area sex-trafficking ring in which 18 prostitution victims from South America and Mexico were forced to work seven days a week in San Jose and East Bay hotel rooms.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/11/07/nine-arrested-in-sprawling-santa-clara-county-sex-trafficking-ring/ 

▫️3 Arrested for Allegedly Running Sex Trafficking Operation That Victimized Teenage Girls at Redlands Massage Parlor
RIVERSIDE, California – Three defendants who allegedly trafficked teenage girls to engage in commercial sexual activities at a San Bernardino County massage parlor have been arrested on a federal grand jury indictment, the Justice Department announced today. According to an indictment, from at least March 2022 to April 2022, Beverly and Teamer recruited girls under the age of 18 years old to work as commercial sex workers at Ace Care. Beverly allegedly would provide transportation to Minor Victim 1 – a 15-year-old girl – and Minor Victim 2 – a 14-year-old girl.
» https://ktla.com/news/local-news/teens-sex-trafficked-through-san-bernardino-county-massage-parlor/
» https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/3-arrested-allegedly-running-sex-trafficking-operation-victimized-teenage-girls 

▫️Michigan State Police arrest Ohio man accused of human trafficking 2 teens
Authorities searched phones and the vehicle. During these searches, they say they found child porn and ads for commercial sex, including one that was allegedly posted while along the freeway. Javonte Kentrell Odom, 30, is charged with human trafficking a minor for commercial sexual activity, transporting a person for the purpose of prostitution, child sexually abusive activity, using a computer to commit a crime, distributing child sexually abusive activity, and possession of child sexually abusive material. "These troopers recognized that something wasn't right at this car assist," said MSP 1st Lt. Mike Shaw. "Often, we are asked why we ask so many questions during stops. This is exactly why. Two young ladies rescued from an abusive situation. Great work by troops and our TAG detectives."
» https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/michigan-state-police-find-human-trafficking-victims-from-ohio-while-helping-driver-along-i-96
» https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/michigan-state-police-arrest-ohio-man-accused-of-human-trafficking-2-teens/ 

▫️Arrest made in alleged Holly Hill kidnapping
A teenager has been arrested for an alleged kidnapping after Holly Hill police officers said the teen stole a vehicle earlier this year with a toddler inside.
» https://news.yahoo.com/arrest-made-alleged-holly-hill-040733766.html
» https://www.wesh.com/article/teen-arrested-stolen-car-holly-hill/45769283  

▫️"Vinny Slick" and "Fifi" among 16 accused mafia associates arrested in U.S.-Italy takedown
An indictment was unsealed in New York on Wednesday charging 10 people with racketeering conspiracy, extortion, witness retaliation and "union-related crimes," federal prosecutors announced. Six alleged organized crime members and associates were also busted in Italy on Wednesday as part of the operation targeting alleged Gambino members and associates. One individual in Italy remains at large.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gambino-mafia-associates-arrested-us-italy-takedown/ 

▫️Carpentersville man pleads guilty to sexually abusing two students at The Learning Tree in Elgin
A Carpentersville man who taught at The Learning Tree in Elgin has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two of his students, according to the Kane County State's Attorney's Office. Frank R. Walaitis, 58, of the 200 block of West Main Street, is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 8 after agreeing to plead guilty to five felony counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in a deal accepted by Judge John A. Barsanti.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-ecn-elgin-learning-tree-teacher-sex-abuse-st-1110-20231108-5fyvjj7zerh5nka2plyakin3hq-story.html  

▫️Cleveland couple indicted on human trafficking charges in Greene Co, one survivor
The state Attorney General’s Office says Anthony Holmes and Monique Harris, both from Cleveland, trafficked a 16 year-old victim. They’ve also been indicted on drug possession charges after arrests that followed a traffic stop on Highway 15 in Greene County.
https://www.wgauradio.com/news/local/cleveland-couple-indicted-human-trafficking-charges-after-greene-co-arrests/WNKM6G6HG5DLTNCY57EKPHERIY/ 

▫️Grand Junction cardiologist arrested in internet sex predator sting
Ten Grand Junction area men arrested in multi-state sting operation targeting internet sex predators
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Multiple agencies in the Grand Valley area underwent a sting operation last week, targeting an undercover internet sex predator ring operation.
» https://www.wbrc.com/video/2023/11/08/grand-junction-cardiologist-arrested-internet-sex-predator-sting-2/   (VIDEO)
» https://www.nbc11news.com/2023/11/06/ten-grand-junction-area-men-arrested-multi-state-sting-operation-targeting-internet-sex-predators/ 

▫️Child psychiatrist sentenced to 40 years for sex crimes conviction
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A child psychiatrist in North Carolina was sentenced to 40 years in prison Wednesday after he was previously convicted of producing and possessing child sexual abuse material, WBTV reports. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Western District of North Carolina, David Tatum sexually exploited a minor and used artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse material. In addition to the prison sentence, Tatum was also ordered to pay restitution, a $100 special assessment per count of conviction and a special assessment totaling $99,000 under the Amy, Vicky and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act.
https://www.nbc29.com/2023/11/09/child-psychiatrist-sentenced-40-years-sex-crimes-conviction/?outputType=amp 

▫️Provo therapist arrested after sexual abuse allegations and standoff with police
A mental health therapist, Dr. Scott Owen, was arrested Wednesday after an investigation into sexual abuse allegations against him. Police said Own agreed to meet them to be transported to Jail, but he didn’t show up. Highway 89 was closed in the area while police worked to get Owen to safely surrender. Holland said tactical units were called in from the Utah County Sheriff’s Office in order to do so. Once he surrendered, Owen was booked on six counts of object rape and four counts of forcible sodomy, all first-degree felonies.
https://ksltv.com/600426/utah-therapist-arrested-after-sexual-abuse-allegations-and-standoff-with-police/ 

▫️Lawsuit alleges years of child sex abuse at politically connected Arkansas treatment facility
A federal lawsuit filed Monday alleges repeated sexual and physical abuse of children at The Lord’s Ranch, a residential treatment facility in Northeast Arkansas that closed in 2016. Lawyers for the plaintiffs — eight former residents who were reportedly abused as boys — said this is the first of several lawsuits they will file on behalf of the more than 30 clients.
https://missouriindependent.com/2023/11/09/lawsuit-alleges-years-of-child-sex-abuse-at-politically-connected-arkansas-treatment-facility/ 

▫️Wisconsin Gymnastics Coach Sentenced to 25 Years for Producing Child Sexual Abuse Images
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Superior, Wisconsin, man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for producing images depicting his sexual abuse of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, George Francis Deppa, 50, sexually abused a 15-year-old minor and produced visual depictions of the sexual abuse.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/wisconsin-gymnastics-coach-sentenced-25-years-producing-child-sexual-abuse-images 

▫️New task force to fight human trafficking, combine efforts across state lines
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new task force plans to combine grassroots organizations with city and county law enforcement in a united effort to fight human trafficking.
Bishop Tony Caldwell, founder of the Justice and Dignity Center, planned the event for months. Caldwell said their group is called Hands Across the River Anti Human Trafficking and Criminal Behavior Collaboration Coalition Task Force.
https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/new-task-force-to-fight-human-trafficking-combine-efforts-across-state-lines 

▫️Nov 12 | Illuminating the Darkness - Human Trafficking and Awareness Program
Peoples Community Church invites you to join us for our Human Trafficking and Awareness Program presented by Heidi Provo, National Head of Moms Against Trafficking.  The program begins at 9:00 am.
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/calendar/event/20231112/cabb0107-2150-4981-a633-4a5eff5e9a56/illuminating-the-darkness-human-trafficking-and-awareness-program 

▫️Victim of sexually violent predator David Bergey fights his release in El Dorado County
EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. — It was an emotional day in court Wednesday as the survivor of a sexually violent predator fought against his release in El Dorado County. David Bergey is currently housed in a state hospital, but a court recently ordered his release after three doctors found him to be suitable for treatment in the community. 
"Could you imagine walking into your local Walmart and seeing the man who attacked you? And watching him just smile as you walk by? Because I can't," said Parra.
https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/victim-of-sexually-violent-predator-fights-his-release/103-3694931a-5ad6-4395-a6c6-e3373ba6b22d 
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▫️Oakland Police and Riverside County Taskforce Rescue Child Trafficking Victim
The Oakland Police Department's VICE/Child Exploitation Unit, cooperating with the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Taskforce (RCAHT), rescued a female juvenile victim of human trafficking. She has since been reunited with her family. Their coordinated effort also resulted in the arrest of a non-Oakland resident involved in the crime. OPD says their offices have completed more than 500 investigations in relation to human trafficking, and more than 130 people were arrested in connection to the crimes. So far, 15 children have been rescued and offered services for safety and recovery.
The OPD began the rescue mission based on information received from the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
» https://hoodline.com/2023/11/oakland-police-and-riverside-county-taskforce-rescue-trafficking-victim-arrest-suspect-in-coordinated-effort/
» https://www.yahoo.com/news/child-rescued-human-trafficking-oakland-034111576.html
» https://www.oaklandca.gov/news/opd-successfully-rescue-juvenile-victim-of-human-trafficking
» https://news.yahoo.com/child-rescued-human-trafficking-oakland-034111576.html 

▫️Redland Massage Parlor Pimps Busted for Sex Trafficking Minors
Three accused pimps who allegedly manipulated teenage girls to perform sex acts on customers at a San Bernardino County massage parlor were arrested by federal officials Wednesday on charges of sex trafficking of a minor, prosecutors said. The United States Attorney for the Central Division said that the indictment charges the trio with one count of conspiracy and two counts of sex trafficking of a minor out of Ace Care Massage Parlor in Redlands.
https://lamag.com/crimeinla/redland-massage-parlor-pimps-busted-sex-trafficking-minors 

▫️Former L.A. police officer convicted of rape arrested in suspected human-smuggling incident in Campo
A former Los Angeles police officer who is a registered sex offender was arrested near Campo after a Border Patrol agent suspected him of smuggling four undocumented immigrants in the back of an SUV, officials said Friday. Gariner Beasley, 62, was arrested Monday and remained in county jail Friday on charges of felon in possession of a firearm, prohibited person in possession of ammunition, and impersonating a peace officer, according to sheriff’s officials.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2023-11-10/lapd-officer-beasley-border-arrest 

▫️Two Arrested in Georgia Human Trafficking Case Involving Minor
ATLANTA, GA – The indictment of Anthony Charles Holmes and Jameesha Monique Harris was announced by Attorney General Chris Carr. The charges include Trafficking of Persons for Sexual Servitude, Trafficking in Cocaine, and related drug and weapons offenses. A 16-year-old victim was rescued.
https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/11/10/two-arrested-in-georgia-human-trafficking-case-involving-minor/ 

▫️Former Grammys chief Neil Portnow accused of drugging and raping musician
The former head of the organisation behind the Grammy awards on Wednesday was sued by a musician who accused him of drugging and raping her in 2018. The New York Times says the state suit filed in Manhattan accuses Neil Portnow – who stepped down as head of the Recording Academy in 2019 over his disparaging comments toward women – of sexual battery. It also accuses the Academy of negligence.
» https://otakukart.com/musician-takes-legal-action-alleges-rape-against-former-grammys-head-neil-portnow-in-a-lawsuit/
» https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3240880/former-grammys-chief-neil-portnow-accused-drugging-and-raping-musician 
» https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/arts/music/neil-portow-grammys-rape-lawsuit.html
»

▫️Man arrested after child sexual abuse investigation in Marion
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Deputies said they began investigating 35-year-old Dustin Dalke in April 2023. It is alleged Dalke, while living in Marion, engaged in multiple sex acts against a minor younger than 13 years old. Dalke was arrested and charged with predatory sexual assault against a child and first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child.
» https://finance.yahoo.com/video/man-arrested-child-sexual-abuse-212741092.html    (VIDEO)
» https://www.rochesterfirst.com/crime/man-arrested-after-child-sexual-abuse-investigation-in-marion/ 

▫️81-year-old Lake County man sentenced in child rape case
MADISON, Ohio - An 81-year-old man from Madison will face life in prison after he pleaded guilty to rape in late October. According to a release from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Charles Frank Smith was identified as a suspect in the sexual abuse of a 10-year-old child beginning in 2001 and continuing until 2004.
https://www.cleveland19.com/2023/11/10/81-year-old-lake-county-man-sentenced-child-rape-case/ 

▫️Pennridge School District, Bucks County school counselor charged with sex crimes involving 14-year-old student
PERKASIE, Pennsylvania - A Bucks County, Pennsylvania middle school counselor is behind bars after being accused of having sexual contact with a student, according to authorities. Kelly Schutte, 35, was arraigned Friday morning on multiple charges including sexual contact with a student and corruption of minors.
https://6abc.com/middle-school-counselor-pennridge-district-kelly-schutte-south/14040202/ 

▫️PornHub Parent Company Reportedly At Centre Of U.S. Federal Criminal Investigation
Aylo, the Canadian parent company behind PornHub once known as MindGeek, is at the centre of a U.S. federal criminal investigation. The Logic reports that the U.S. Department of Justice sent a message to Kristy Althaus, who filed a lawsuit against Aylo for allegedly being the victim of a rape during a GirlsDoPorn shoot that made its way to the multiple websites that the company manages.
» https://thelogic.co/news/montreal-founded-company-behind-pornhub-facing-u-s-federal-criminal-investigation/
» https://www.complex.com/life/a/louispavlakos/pornhub-united-states-federal-criminal-investigation
» https://thedeepdive.ca/renamed-pornhub-parent-company-faces-lawsuit-again/ 

▫️Hopkinsville Man Arrested On Human Trafficking And Child Porn Charges
A Hopkinsville man was arrested on a warrant for human trafficking and sexual crimes against animals along with several other charges Wednesday night.
Hopkinsville Police say 19-year-old Byron Adams was arrested on Linda Drive on a Morgan County warrant charging him with sexual crimes against animals, distribution of obscene matter to minors, possession of matter of sex performance by a minor, distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, and human trafficking – commercial sex activity.
No information on what led to the charges has been released.
https://www.wkdzradio.com/2023/11/09/man-arrested-on-warrant-for-human-trafficking-and-sexual-crimes-against-animals/news-edge/ 

▫️Rise of vicious Venezuelan prison gang sends migrants streaming toward U.S.
Tren de Aragua, a gang that has spread to half a dozen South American countries in the past few years after emerging from a Venezuelan prison around 2012. Wherever it has appeared, the gang has brought kidnapping, drug dealing, human trafficking, contract killings, and extortion along with it. Tren de Aragua’s calling card is violence. It posts graphic videos on social media showing victims begging before being executed. 
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article281620278.html 

▫️Despite internal police alerts, scant evidence of violent gang members among Venezuelan migrants in Chicago
The Chicago Police Department is warning officers to be on the lookout for members of a violent Venezuelan prison gang they say might be living among the 20,000 migrants who’ve come to the city over the past year.
But there’s little publicly available evidence that the gang, El Tren de Aragua, has a presence in Chicago. The gang is known in South America for human trafficking, drug sales, kidnapping and the violence that comes with it all.
A Chicago Sun-Times analysis, based on news reports, crime data and court records, identified more than 30 migrants from Venezuela who’ve been arrested in Chicago and DuPage County since April.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/11/10/23953154/venezuelan-migrants-el-tren-de-aragua-gang 

▫️Marine Under Investigation After Publishing Memoir About Sexual Relationship with Young Potential Recruit
The Marine Corps is investigating an active-duty gunnery sergeant who wrote a self-published "memoir" detailing a relationship with a young potential recruit while he worked in a recruiting office in Texas.
Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Champagne, 36, published the story of what he described as "a scandalous romantic relationship" with a "young woman ... who wanted to join [the military]" last month. The investigation was confirmed by the Marine Corps, and Military.com reviewed excerpts from the book.
The excerpts paint a disturbing picture of an adult man in a position of power within the Marine Corps engaging in sexual activities with a potential recruit who needed consent from her parents to join the military, indicating that she was under the age of 18.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/11/08/marine-under-investigation-after-publishing-memoir-about-sexual-relationship-young-potential-recruit.html 

▫️Man used ‘Fortnite’ gift cards to bribe children into creating child porn, feds say
Children on the internet were coerced and sexually exploited by an Ohio man for about 15 years, authorities said. Ty Brandon Roberts, of Huber Heights, began exploiting kids online — and sexually abusing children in person — in 2007, according to a Nov. 8 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio. His online schemes included bribing children with online gaming gift cards, including ones for “Fortnite,” in exchange for sexually explicit photos and videos, authorities said. He’s also accused of pretending to be a teenage girl online to convince children to send him sexually explicit content of themselves.)
Now, the 38-year-old man has been sentenced to 50 years in federal prison, court records show. He pleaded guilty to charges of production of child pornography and coercion and enticement earlier this year.
» https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article281636933.html
» https://news.yahoo.com/man-used-fortnite-gift-cards-160251896.html 

▫️Canandaigua man pleads guilty to possession of child porn
A registered sex offender from Canandaigua, N.Y. pleaded guilty to child porn Thursday, following a prior conviction for sexual abuse, according to the United States Attorney's Office.
According to the United States Attorney’s Office, in November 2021, a search warrant was executed at Brandon Hayward’s, 41, Canandaigua apartment, related to an investigation involving potential firearms offenses.  During the search, several digital devices were seized from the residence, which were found to contain child pornography.
» https://www.rochesterfirst.com/crime/canandaigua-man-pleads-guilty-to-possession-of-child-porn/
» https://news.yahoo.com/canandaigua-man-pleads-guilty-possession-225123040.html 

▫️Undisclosed offer extended for man accused of child porn possession
An amended undisclosed offer has been extended in Cherokee County District Court for a Hulbert man accused of having 100 or more separate items depicting child pornography in his possession.
Maxx Doulgas McReynolds, 33, was scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 1 for a felony sounding docket. However, the hearing was delayed until Nov. 15 to allow the defendant to consider the offer, which was first extended on Aug. 30.
https://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/news/crime_courts/undisclosed-offer-extended-for-man-accused-of-child-porn-possession/article_757089a0-7f44-11ee-9e32-6b6f983aabf2.html 

▫️Las Vegas man accused of sexually assaulting girl, forcing her to have sex with other children
LAS VEGAS — A 39-year-old man is accused of sexually assaulting a child and forcing them to have sex with other children, according to documents the 8 News Now Investigators obtained.
Las Vegas Metro police arrested Joshua Aja on 22 charges, including several counts of lewdness with a child and sexual assault against a child, records said.
In October, a child under the age of 10 reported to an adult that a person “made her perform oral sex on him,” documents said. The child then asked Aja for help but Aja also allegedly “began to make her perform oral sex on him” from 2020 until 2023, documents said.
https://www.8newsnow.com/investigators/las-vegas-man-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-girl-forcing-her-to-have-sex-with-other-children/ 

▫️Harrisburg Man Arrested in Countywide Human Trafficking Operation
HARRISBURG, PA – On this Thursday, David Mota faced Judge Scott Arthur Evans and pleaded guilty to patronizing a prostitute.
The incident, which occurred in March, involved Mota offering money in exchange for sexual acts.
https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/11/10/harrisburg-man-arrested-in-countywide-human-trafficking-operation/ 

▫️Man charged with leading sex trafficking network on I-81 in Virginia, seven other states
William Oneil Murray III, 35, of Maryland, was indicted Wednesday on three counts of sex trafficking through force, fraud and coercion, one count of transporting individuals for the purpose of prostitution and one count of using a facility of interstate commerce to facilitate prostitution.
The alleged criminal behavior occurred in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, West Virginia, New York, New Jersey and Florida.
https://augustafreepress.com/news/man-charged-with-leading-sex-trafficking-network-on-i-81-in-virginia-seven-other-states/ 

▫️Former Michigan priest sentenced for criminal sexual misconduct
(CBS DETROIT) - A former Ann Arbor priest was sentenced on criminal sexual conduct charges on Wednesday, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced. 
Timothy Crowley, 74, pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the 22nd Circuit Court in Washtenaw County in August. 
Yesterday, Nov. 8, Crowley was sentenced to one year of incarceration and five years of probation. In addition, he was also sentenced to receive sex offender treatment and register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. 
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/former-michigan-priest-sentenced-for-criminal-sexual-misconduct/ 

▫️Meet the Ohio Valley’s anti human trafficking network
WHEELING, W.Va.  — Parents treating their own children as commodities in exchange for food.
Landlords using sex as payment for rent.
Human trafficking is an everyday, evil transaction, and it’s what the lives of too many people look like in the Ohio Valley.
And yet the inhumanity goes undetected…because its victims don’t know what it is.
» https://www.wtrf.com/wtrf-special-report/meet-the-ohio-valleys-anti-human-trafficking-network/
» https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/meet-the-ohio-valley-s-anti-human-trafficking-network/ar-AA1jFN60 

▫️Fight to end human trafficking gets new tool, and maybe a new path
A new bit of technology, created by a grad student at UC Irvine and financed by one of Orange County’s leading philanthropists, soon could reshape the fight to end human trafficking.
So far, only about 250 trafficking victims around the world, including in Uganda and the Philippines – and a dozen at the Orangewood Foundation – have used a beta version of the Lifemap tool, answering questions and follow-ups to create what are known as “assessments.” By the end of next year, Morgan said the goal is to have about 5,000 such assessments.
https://www.ocregister.com/2023/11/09/fight-to-end-human-trafficking-gets-new-tool-and-maybe-a-new-path/ 

▫️Saving trafficking victims from a sprawling, underground network of slavery and sex abuse
Maravilla is a survivor of human trafficking. She said she spent 12 years trapped in the sprawling, underground world of human slavery and sex abuse.
https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/saving-trafficking-victims-from-a-sprawling-underground-network-of-slavery-and-sex-abuse 

▫️EXCLUSIVE: Netflix's Maya Kowalski files criminal complaint that she was 'sexually abused at Johns Hopkins All Children's hospital' - as she wins bombshell $261 million lawsuit against Florida facility
Netflix's Maya Kowalski has filed a criminal complaint claiming she was 'sexually  abused at Johns Hopkins All Children's hospital' after winning a landmark lawsuit against the Florida facility for more than $261 million in damages. Jurors this week ruled in favor of the teen, whose story is the subject of the bombshell Netflix documentary 'Take Care of Maya,' and found that the JHACH had falsely imprisoned her - leading to the suicide of her mother Beata Kowalski in 2017 after she was banned from visiting.  Speaking to DailyMail.com exclusively, the family's attorney, Greg Anderson, has now revealed that Maya filed a criminal complaint with Pinellas County Sheriff's Office on Friday.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12735531/Netflix-Maya-Kowalski-Johns-Hopkins-Childrens-hospital-sexual-abuse.html 

▫️Nov 13 | Human Sex Trafficking Awareness | New Lenox, IL
The St. Jude Peace & Social Justice Ministry is sponsoring an informative presentation on Human Sex Trafficking Awareness on Monday, November 13 at 7pm in the Church and the speaker will be a representative from the Illinois State Police. Registration is requested and can be found at stjudes.org/register-for-events.
https://patch.com/illinois/newlenox/calendar/event/20231113/3c4dd215-5b26-40a1-b489-456d02c43aaf/human-sex-trafficking-awareness 

▫️Human Trafficking Webinar Series - Understanding Child Labor Exploitation in the U.S. and How Schools Can Help Address It | National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE)
Wednesday, November 15, 2023: In this webinar, the DOL will define and discuss what child labor exploitation looks like in the United States and the ways that schools can help address it. Experts from the DOL will present data on the types of cases they are seeing, including young people working inherently dangerous jobs.
https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/events/webinar/human-trafficking-webinar-series-understanding-child-labor-exploitation-us-and-how 
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▫️Texas DPS Trooper stops human smuggling attempt, rescues two children, officials say
Houston gang member Francisco Alanis Jr. arrested after multiple migrants including children were found in the back of his car during a traffic stop. The driver of the vehicle is from Pasadena identified as Francisco Alanis Jr is a confirmed gang member and faces charges for human smuggling, according to Texas DPS
» https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12737829/Texas-migrants-flee-children-car.html (VIDEO) 
» https://www.wfaa.com/video/news/local/border-crisis/texas-dps-trooper-stops-human-smuggling-attempt-rescues-two-children-officials-say/287-d771ac9b-296b-4b48-86f7-034b7dac2d60  (VIDEO) 

▫️Border Patrol agents arrest registered sex offender for human smuggling while in possession of firearm
CAMPO, Calif. – A registered sex offender was arrested by San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents for human smuggling while in possession of a firearm Monday night. As the agent contacted the driver, a male United States citizen, the driver presented a badge similar in appearance and style to a Los Angeles Police Department badge and identified himself as a lieutenant with the department. The agent also observed four individuals in the back seat of the SUV and proceeded to conduct an immigration inspection. The agent placed the driver and passengers under arrest and transported all vehicle occupants to a nearby Border Patrol station for processing. During a search of the suspected smuggling vehicle, agents discovered an un-serialized 9mm handgun, commonly referred to as a “ghost gun”.
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/border-patrol-agents-arrest-registered-sex-offender-human-smuggling 

▫️6 arrested during sex trafficking sting in Brazos County
Bryan — The Brazos County Sheriff’s Office says deputies arrested six people during an operation aimed at combatting commercial sex buyers and human trafficking.  Documents say the operation involved local and state law enforcement agencies using undercover commercial sex advertisements. Investigators are not releasing any more information about the suspects or the operation that lead to their arrests.
» https://www.fox44news.com/news/local-news/brazos/6-arrested-during-sex-trafficking-sting-in-brazos-county/
» https://www.kbtx.com/2023/11/11/brazos-valley-law-enforcement-collaborates-make-six-solicitation-prostitution-arrests/ 

▫️Men allege human trafficking, say they were sent to Triangle Cross Ranch for forced, unpaid labor
CASPER — Two men allege they were human trafficked to Triangle Cross Ranch in Powell — which claimed to offer various kinds of therapeutic interventions for troubled children — for forced and unpaid labor. Triangle Cross Ranch allegedly sold itself as a place where troubled teens could grow, but instead, “plaintiffs and others similarly situated were transported to Wyoming, often through legal kidnapping ... and forced to work in unfathomable conditions while receiving little to no formal education, behavioral treatment, or therapy,” the ruling states. On Oct. 27, Andrew Lewis and Andrew Unruh filed the federal complaint for violations of the “Trafficking Victims Protection Act” against Triangle Cross and eight other involved parties.
» https://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/news/wyoming/article_d0eb672c-0a7f-540a-86a4-19368c395d61.html
» http://www.buffalobulletin.com/news/article_1e4fd74a-7ff1-11ee-ac12-83f5470b5d92.html 

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▫️Attempted Kidnapping of a Teenage Girl on Hwy 26
The incident occurred along Hwy 26, Rhododendron, Oregon with a later event in Koya Kitchen. An older man in a truck allegedly attempted to kidnap a 16-year-old girl. The girl managed to hide inside Koya Kitchen where the local sheriff was alerted. Residents with any information regarding the described truck are urged to make contact with local authorities.
https://www.newsbreak.com/@oregon-towntalk-1738008/3226296112920-attempted-kidnapping-of-a-teenage-girl-on-hwy-26 

▫️Sex Offender Gets Life After Impregnating Underage Victim
A convicted child predator was sentenced to life for crimes he committed over a decade ago after impregnating his underage victim. Wilbert James Jones Jr., 57, of Ennis was handed three consecutive life sentences in prison after being found guilty on three counts of sexual assault of a child stemming from incidents that happened in 2011, according to a press release from the Ellis County District Attorney’s Office.
https://dallasexpress.com/crime/sex-offender-gets-life-after-impregnating-underage-victim/ 

▫️South Texas man convicted of taking migrants hostage
McALLEN, Texas — A federal jury convicted a South Texas man of multiple counts of hostage taking, smuggling and weapons charges following an investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with help from U.S Border Patrol, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Hidalgo County Sherriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Heriberto Mendez-Lozano, 25, of McAllen, was convicted Nov. 8 on all counts following a three-day trial. According to court documents, on Sept. 29, 2022, Mendez-Lozano and others were harboring five noncitizens. Instead of transporting them further into the United States, Mendez-Lozano and his co-conspirators held them against their will in Donna. There, Mendez-Lozano and others brandished firearms, held guns to the heads and ribs of hostages, threatened them, and forced them to call family members to demand money for their release.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/south-texas-man-convicted-taking-migrants-hostage-smuggling-and-weapons-charges 

▫️Former priest accused of sexually assaulting Westlake teen with cancer indicted by grand jury
WESTLAKE, Ohio – A man accused of molesting a 15-year-old cancer patient during a “blessing” last month was indicted by a grand jury on Thursday. The grand jury indicted 76-year-old Luis Jesus Barajas, a Columbian national, on six counts of gross sexual imposition. Investigators believe the suspect was ordained in 1982, but was sent back to Colombia after being accused of sexual misconduct against juveniles in the Catholic diocese in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1989.
» https://www.cleveland19.com/2023/11/09/former-priest-indicted-molesting-15-year-old-westlake-girl-suffering-cancer/   (VIDEO) 
» https://fox8.com/news/priest-accused-of-molesting-cancer-patient-during-blessing-indicted-by-grand-jury/   (VIDEO) 
» https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/crime/former-priest-accused-sexually-assaulting-westlake-teen-cancer-indicted/95-6ab7bf9c-5ae5-4908-bb69-1c63f8a2d1a8
» https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/11/priest-accused-of-molesting-cancer-patient-during-blessing-indicted-by-grand-jury/ 

▫️Disgraced Catholic priest Alex Crow who ran off with teenage girl to Italy back in Alabama
MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. — A disgraced priest who ran off to Italy with a teenage girl nearly four months ago is back in Mobile County, according to the attorney for the girl’s parents. Alex Crow is accused of grooming a 2023 McGill-Toolen Catholic High School graduate and taking her to Italy with him. Before leaving the country, Crow wrote a letter and left it with the Archdiocese, saying he would never return to America.
» https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/disgraced-catholic-priest-alex-crow-who-ran-off-with-teenage-girl-to-italy-back-in-alabama/
» https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/11/disgraced-catholic-priest-alex-crow-who-ran-off-with-teenage-girl-to-italy-back-in-alabama/ 

▫️Court cites clergy-penitent privilege in dismissing child sex abuse lawsuit against Mormon church
An Arizona judge has dismissed a high-profile child sexual abuse lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ruling that church officials who knew that a church member was sexually abusing his daughter had no duty to report the abuse to police or social service agencies because the information was received during a spiritual confession.
» https://apnews.com/article/mormon-sex-abuse-de446ad8212b6ca50ecbaaf222c35e7e
» https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/11/court-cites-clergy-penitent-privilege-in-dismissing-child-sex-abuse-lawsuit-against-mormon-church/ 

▫️Attorney accused of destroying evidence, deleting child porn from client’s phone
SUMNER COUNTY, Tenn. — A Middle Tennessee criminal attorney is accused of destroying evidence, including deleting child pornography from a client’s cellphone, authorities said. According to Sumner County online booking records, Jocelyn Mims, 64, of Gallatin, was arrested on Wednesday. She was indicted by a grand jury on charges of tampering with evidence, making false reports to an officer and intentionally failing to report child sex abuse.
https://www.wpxi.com/news/trending/attorney-accused-destroying-evidence-deleting-child-porn-clients-phone/GWYUWIKANJC3LER2QE3TQUJJHY/ 

▫️Private Christian school in Orlando hid knowledge of child sex abuse by teacher, lawsuit alleges
ORLANDO, Fla. - A new lawsuit accuses a private Christian school in Orlando of hiding information about one of its teachers sexually abusing a student. Harriet Sugg, 54, is charged with five different felonies for sexual activity with a minor – three of those charges emphasize that she committed the crime while acting as an authority figure at a school. There were already criminal charges against the teacher when that lawsuit was filed against the school. Now, even more charges have been filed.
» https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/lawsuit-says-private-christian-school-in-orlando-hid-knowledge-of-child-sex-abuse-by-teacher   (VIDEO) 
» https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/11/private-christian-school-in-orlando-hid-knowledge-of-child-sex-abuse-by-teacher-lawsuit-alleges/ 

▫️Former Michigan priest sentenced to jail, probation for sexually assaulting altar boy
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI – A former Ann Arbor and Jackson-area priest who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing an altar boy in the 1980s has been sentenced for his crimes. Washtenaw County Trial Judge Patrick Conlin Jr. sentenced Timothy Crowley to serve one year in the Washtenaw County Jail and five years of probation Wednesday, Nov. 8, as part of a plea and sentencing agreement.
» https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2023/11/former-michigan-priest-sentenced-to-jail-probation-for-sexually-assaulting-altar-boy.html
» https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/11/former-michigan-priest-sentenced-to-year-in-jail-after-pleading-guilty-to-sexually-abusing-altar-boy/
» https://www.wilx.com/2023/11/09/ann-arbor-catholic-priest-convicted-criminal-sexual-conduct/ 

▫️Pope Francis removes Tyler, Texas, bishop Joseph Strickland
ROME  — Pope Francis on Saturday ordered the removal of the bishop of Tyler, Texas, a conservative prelate active on social media who has been a fierce critic of the pontiff and has come to symbolize the polarization within the U.S. Catholic hierarchy. A one-line statement from the Vatican said Francis had “relieved” Bishop Joseph Strickland of the pastoral governance of Tyler and appointed the bishop of Austin as the temporary administrator.
» https://www.ncronline.org/news/pope-francis-axes-firebrand-texas-bishop-strickland-darling-right-wing-twitter
» https://apnews.com/article/pope-tyler-bishop-strickland-removed-0f9f0be7d5938b36d6e7ead8c33e5150
» https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/11/pope-forcibly-removes-leading-us-conservative-texas-bishop-strickland/ 
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▫️Federal Grand Jury Charges Former Army Private at Fort Irwin in San Bernardino County with Four Additional Felony Child Sexual Exploitation Charges
November 12, 2023 - LOS ANGELES, CA – A former Army private based at Fort Irwin in San Bernardino County was scheduled to be arraigned last Thursday on federal charges alleging, in part, that he knowingly produced child sexual abuse material (CSAM) featuring a 14-year-old girl.
Parker William White, 23, of Johnsonville, New York, who first was indicted on March 10 with one count of possession of child pornography, was charged in a superseding indictment with four additional felony child exploitation charges.
White is now charged with five felonies: one count of production of child pornography, three counts of receipt of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography.
» https://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/california/51375-federal-grand-jury-charges-former-army-private-at-fort-irwin-in-san-bernardino-county-with-four-additional-felony-child-sexual-exploitation-charges
» https://hoodline.com/2023/11/former-army-private-from-new-york-charged-with-expanding-felony-child-exploitation-charges/ 

▫️EXCLUSIVE: Inside El Paso's battle to secure the border as Texas Department of Safety hunts down human smugglers in midnight high-speed car chases as migrant crisis spirals out of control
DailyMail.com spent several nights on the US-Mexico border with the Texas Department of Public Safety - who are charged with tracking people illegally crossing into the United States, and then alerting border control to make arrests.
So far this year, a record 2.47 million migrants were stopped at the US border - up from nearly 2.4million the year before. Thousands more are flooding across the border illegally.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/texas/article-12722857/El-Paso-border-crisis-Mexico-smugglers-Texas.html 

▫️Former Pittsburgh Public Schools police officer found guilty in sex abuse case found dead in cell
According to court documents, Robert Lellock was sentenced to serve 32 to 64 years in prison. He was also registered as a sexually violent predator. The Somerset County coroner said the details of Lellock’s death are still under investigation at this time.
https://news.yahoo.com/former-pittsburgh-public-schools-police-000850409.html 

▫️Florida lawyer suspended after child sexual abuse, photos
Pushing Vicodin pills and Captain-and-cola drinks on a minor that he raped and took secret photos of has gotten an Ocala area lawyer suspended by the state Supreme Court. The action against Jason Volkman, 50, precedes a coming disbarment, which the normal process for someone doing time on 44 felony counts and a misdemeanor.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article281764183.html 

▫️Fiancé of social worker who allegedly had sex with teen was jailed for child endangerment
The Ohio social worker accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy in her care is engaged to a man who served time for child endangerment and faced charges for raping a 14-year-old girl.
Payton Shires, 24 — who was charged with unlawful sexual conduct with a minor after the boy’s mom discovered disturbing text messages between the pair — has a child with her fiancé Nicholas Rafter, a 27-year-old plumber, the Daily Mail reported.
Rafter has been jailed for nearly five years after being convicted of two counts of burglary and one count of child endangerment, the outlet reported.
Rafter was accused of drugging and assaulting a 14-year-old girl when he was 19 years old.
He allegedly gave the girl a “drug, intoxicant or controlled substance to her surreptitiously or by force, threat of force, or deception,” the Daily Mail reported, citing court documents.
» https://nypost.com/2023/11/13/news/fiance-of-social-worker-who-allegedly-had-sex-with-teen-was-jailed-for-child-endangerment/
» https://themessenger.com/news/fiance-of-social-worker-accused-of-having-sex-with-1https://nypost.com/2023/11/13/news/fiance-of-social-worker-who-allegedly-had-sex-with-teen-was-jailed-for-child-endangerment/3-year-old-was-previously-jailed-for-child-endangerment 

▫️Insurers refusing to pay for thousands of cases of sex abuse claims under New York’s Child Victims Act, advocates claim: ‘Justice in jeopardy’
The insurance companies for organizations such as churches, hospitals, schools and Boy Scouts troops are refusing to pay claims for thousands of alleged child sex abuse victims, an advocacy group claims.
The Coalition for Just and Compassionate Compensation has launched a campaign to pressure insurance companies such as Chubb to stop stonewalling and pay claims.
The group said Chubb has argued in court that it doesn’t owe an insurance obligation for any single abuse case involving the Archdiocese of New York.
https://nypost.com/2023/11/12/metro/insurers-refusing-to-pay-sex-abuse-claims-under-new-yorks-child-victims-act-advocates-claim/ 

▫️Washington Woman Accused of Allowing Sex Offender Father of Their 10-Year-Old Daughter to Rape Child: Police
AWashington woman was arrested after she allegedly allowed the father of her 10-year-old daughter to rape the girl at least six times last year, according to authorities.
Dawn Manby, 44, was charged with criminal conspiracy to commit first-degree rape of a child, first-degree incest, violation of a protection order and making false or misleading statements to a public servant and was being held on a $75,000 bond. She pleaded not guilty to the charges against her this week, KOZE reported.
https://www.frontpagedetectives.com/p/washington-woman-allowed-sex-offender-father-rape-daughter 

▫️A Columbia woman was arrested Saturday after she was charged with child abuse
A warrant was served to Taylor Ashley Oringderff, 31, after she was charged with one count of child abuse, originally filed on Nov. 3. According to online court records, a date has not been set for a hearing yet, although one is planned.
https://abc17news.com/news/columbia/2023/11/12/columbia-woman-arrested-for-child-abuse/  

▫️Columbia will set up fund for victims of doctor convicted of sex crimes, notify 6,500 patients
NEW YORK - Columbia University and a university-affiliated hospital announced Monday that they will notify 6,500 former patients of disgraced gynecologist Robert Hadden of federal sex crimes he was convicted of earlier this year.
Under the plan announced by Columbia and Columbia University Irving Medical Center, patients who were abused by Hadden over his decadeslong career will be given the opportunity to apply for compensation from a $100 million settlement fund.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-12744971/Columbia-set-fund-victims-doctor-convicted-sex-crimes-notify-6-500-patients.html  

▫️Lawsuit alleges years of child sex abuse at politically connected Arkansas treatment facility
LITTLE ROCK — A federal lawsuit filed Monday alleges repeated sexual and physical abuse of children at The Lord’s Ranch, a residential treatment facility in Northeast Arkansas that closed in 2016.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs — eight former residents who were reportedly abused as boys — said this is the first of several lawsuits they will file on behalf of the more than 30 clients.
The Lord’s Ranch opened in 1976 and closed in 2016 when owner Ted Suhl was convicted of bribing a state official to help increase Medicaid payments.
https://lailluminator.com/2023/11/12/the-lords-ranch/  

▫️Three women accuse Colorado police of sexual harassment during youth training programme
Three young women say they were sexually harassed and retaliated against while participants in an Aurora, Colorado, police department programme encouraging teenagers to explore careers in law enforcement, according to a federal lawsuit.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/aurora-colorado-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-b2446100.html  

▫️Jury recommends life for man convicted of murder in child abuse case
Nov. 12—A Cleveland County jury last week returned a guilty plea in a murder trial against Everett Dewayne Hill Jr. stemming from a July 2019 child abuse case.
Hill was found guilty in the murder of Amarieon Jameson — two months old at the time of death.
https://www.normantranscript.com/news/jury-recommends-life-for-man-convicted-of-murder-in-child-abuse-case/article_1e42a32e-818e-11ee-8f79-4bdc39a7c856.html  

▫️Caravan of Patriots, The Church of Dent hosting anti-child trafficking event Nov. 18
OTTERTAIL — On Saturday November 18th “Caravan of Patriots” along with “The Church of Dent” will be hosting an anti-child trafficking event 2 p.m. Nov. 18 at Thumper Pond Resort in Ottertail.
Jessica Bartholomew, founder and executive director of A.C.T United (Anti Child Trafficking) will be sharing from her vast knowledge and experience on what we can do to help protect children. Bartholomew has 25 years of experience working with children, teens, and families in youth outreach, domestic and foreign missions; 
https://www.wadenapj.com/news/local/caravan-of-patriots-the-church-of-dent-hosting-anti-child-trafficking-event-nov-18 

▫️Ex-Christ School student claims sexual abuse by Asheville teacher
Thomas "Tom" Hill said he was 13 years old the first time his math teacher touched him. The second time it happened, about six months later, Hill said, it wasn't just an inappropriate touch, but a rape. This time, Hill was on a school camping trip in Murphy. He said the group was staying at a cabin owned by one of his classmate's parents, who were not home at the time. Hill said his abuser was also the chaperone, his math teacher, William Crutchfield.  He contacted the Citizen Times after reading about similar allegations against faculty at Asheville School, another private, expensive prep school in Asheville.
https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2023/11/13/asheville-christ-school-former-student-claims-faculty-sexual-abuse/71035492007/ 

▫️States lose track of thousands of foster children each year, “The system failed me”
Under federal law, state social service agencies must submit a report to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, a nonprofit organization established by Congress in 1984, when a child under their care goes missing. They also are required to notify law enforcement, who report missing children to the National Crime Information Center. But an audit published earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that across 46 states, state agencies failed to report an estimated 34,800 cases of missing foster kids. Caseworkers and school counselors didn’t visit Hamilton’s foster home in Harvey, Illinois, or check in with her often enough, recalled Hamilton, now a mentor at the National Network for Youth, a nonprofit focused on youth homelessness. And when they did, she said, they missed signs of abuse. “The system failed me,” she said.
https://arkansasadvocate.com/2023/11/13/states-lose-track-of-thousands-of-foster-children-each-year/ 

▫️Anti-human trafficking champion honoured in the USA
Patience Ashorkor Quaye, Assistant Commissioner of Police (retd) has been recognised for her role in combatting human trafficking and gender-based violence by the End Violence Against Women International (EVAWI), a non-governmental organisation based in Washington in the United States of America (USA). In a citation, the NGO said it recognised Mrs Quaye as a resolute Champion of Change in the country.
It said her pivotal role in establishing and leading the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service (GPS), along with serving in key positions at INTERPOL and the Ghana Police Academy, had cemented her as a trailblazer in West Africa's fight against human trafficking.
https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/ghananewsanti-human-trafficking-champion-honoured-in-the-usa.html 
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▫️Operation Net Nanny: 15 arrested in Washington State alleged child abuse and exploitation operation
COWLITZ COUNTY, Wash. - An online sting operation in southwest Washington led to the arrest of 15 men suspected of child sex abuse. ‘Operation Net Nanny’ was carried out by Washington State Patrol, Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office, Longview Police and Kelso Police. It initially ended at the end of October and netted 11 arrests, but a short extension of the operation in Renton resulted in four more arrests. Authorities specifically targeted suspects of the crimes of rape of a child, commercial sex abuse of a child, immoral communication with a minor, sexual exploitation of a minor and child pornography. Anyone with additional information on the suspects, or with information on more suspects, is urged to contact WSP's Missing & Exploited Children Task Force at mectf@wsp.wa.gov.
» https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/15-arrested-in-online-child-sex-abuse-operation-in-southwest-washington
» https://www.applevalleynewsnow.com/news/15-arrested-in-washington-state-alleged-child-abuse-and-exploitation-operation/article_db1c6f3a-825f-11ee-9e0a-13818f7ef98c.html
» https://www.wsp.wa.gov/2023/11/13/cowlitz-county-net-nanny-operation-leads-to-15-arrests/ 

▫️FBI: Sting nets arrest of 5 men who arranged to meet up with minors in Southern Utah
ST. GEORGE — A three-day undercover sting operation spearheaded by the FBI Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force has resulted in the arrest of five suspects, including two registered sex offenders. The undercover operation took place over a three-day period last week and targeted individuals suspected of soliciting minors online to engage in sexual activity.
https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2023/11/13/cgb-fbi-sting-nets-arrest-of-5-men-who-arranged-to-meet-up-with-minors-in-southern-utah/ 

▫️Five men arrested for attempting to meet minors for sex during undercover operation
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, Ala.  — Five men were arrested during an investigation by the West Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force. The task force said the men were taken into custody during an undercover operation that targeted adults who attempted to meet minors for the purpose of sex.
» https://abc3340.com/news/local/alabama-west-alabama-human-trafficking-task-force-arrests-five-men-arrested-undercover-operation-investigation-electronic-solicitation-of-a-child-covenant-rescue-group
» https://tuscaloosathread.com/5-charged-with-soliciting-minors-after-undercover-sting-in-tuscaloosa/ 

▫️Four Men Arrested in Centre County After Multi-Agency Child Predator Sting
Four central Pennsylvania men were arrested in Patton Township over the last week for attempted child sexual exploitation after what Centre County’s top prosecutor called “a multifaceted investigation” by local, state and federal law enforcement. In each case the men communicated with an undercover law enforcement officer posing as a teenager or as someone who would arrange sex with a teen for money, according to affidavits of probable cause.
https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/crime/article281686238.html
» https://www.statecollege.com/articles/local-news/police-crime/four-men-arrested-in-centre-county-after-multi-agency-child-predator-sting/ 

▫️Man accused of kidnapping, killing Kentwood teen dies awaiting trial
KENT COUNTY, MI – A man accused in the kidnapping and killing of East Kentwood High student Mujey Dumbuya has died, his attorney said. Gerald Bennett, 63, of Detroit, was awaiting trial in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids on multiple charges, including kidnapping and murder. Kent County prosecutors said James, once a maintenance worker at Kentwood Public Schools, kidnapped her at her bus stop and killed her so she would not be able to testify that he sexually assaulted her when she was 15.
» https://breaking911.com/michigan-man-who-allegedly-murdered-teen-rape-victim-dies-awaiting-trial/
» https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2023/11/man-accused-of-kidnapping-killing-kentwood-teen-dies-awaiting-trial.html 

▫️Omaha foster parent accused of felony child abuse appears in court
OMAHA, Neb. - The man arrested in connection with a 2021 felony child abuse case made his first appearance in court Monday morning. Domanic Brown, 31, an Omaha foster parent, has been formally charged with committing intentional child abuse causing no injury and possession of child pornography. He’d been arrested Friday on charges of felony child abuse and child porn; police said the incident had only been reported earlier this year. Brown is accused of engaging in sexual abuse with a 14-year-old. Omaha Police said Friday that because of Domanic Brown’s involvement in the community, they are asking any additional victims to come forward. If you believe your child is a victim, call the Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-652-1999 or 911.
https://www.wowt.com/2023/11/13/omaha-foster-parent-accused-felony-child-abuse-appears-court/  

▫️Sexual predator arrested again in St. Johns County
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — A registered sexual predator was arrested again, this time in St. Johns County last week. An arrest warrant issued on Nov. 6 said that an undercover officer using the created profile of a 14-year-old boy was contacted by the suspect, Robert Keith Boswell, in late October of this year.
https://www.wokv.com/news/sexual-predator-arrested-again-st-johns-county/QZFNQZAMHZE23GBFGLNLERRTEA/  

▫️Ennis Child Predator Receives Three Consecutive Life Sentences in Ellis County
On November 8, 2023, Wilbert James Jones, Jr., 57, of Ennis, was sentenced to life in prison for three counts of sexual assault of a child, announced Ellis County District Attorney Ann Montgomery. In 2011, Jones was released from prison after serving time for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. At a homecoming party, Jones met his 15-year-old victim. During the trial, Jones unsuccessfully attempted to flee custody.
https://www.irvingweekly.com/s/6467/Ennis-Child-Predator-Receives-Three-Consecutive-Life-Sentences-in-Ellis-County.php  

▫️Dulles CBP Capture Two Montgomery County, MD Felony Rape Suspect
CBP officers apprOfficers ehended Adam Aguilar Cruz, a 28-year-old El Salvadoran man who is illegally present in the United States. Aguilar Cruz was wanted by Montgomery County Police on felony strongarm and 2nd degree rape charges, 3rd degree sex offenses, and 2nd degree assault charges. Officers intercepted Aguilar Cruz as he attempted to flee the United States. 
Later Friday, CBP officers apprehended Frank Miguel Morillo, a 25-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from the Dominican Republic. Morillo was wanted by Montgomery County Police for felony first degree rape. Morillo was deported from Bogota, Colombia and arrived at Dulles Airport under escort by Colombian immigration authorities.
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/dulles-cbp-officers-capture-two-montgomery-county-md-felony-rape 

▫️Docs: 4 charged in alleged human smuggling ring with ties to cartels
EL PASO, Texas  — Four people were arrested in connection to an alleged human smuggling ring and other related charges last month. KTSM has obtained federal court documents that reveal what led up to those arrests. According to court documents, Lorena Anyla Enriquez Acosta, 28, of Mexico; Adam Isaiah Ramirez, 27, of New Mexico; Gustavo Alexis Enriquez Acosta, 23, of New Mexico; and Edmundo Rodriguez Padilla, 24, of Mexico; were all arrested and charged with numerous state and federal charges including possession of a prohibited weapon, human smuggling, undocumented non-citizen in possession of a firearm and conspiracy to transport and harbor.
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/docs-4-charged-in-alleged-human-smuggling-ring-with-ties-to-cartels/ 

▫️Authorities Warn Cartels Are Recruiting American Teens As Human Smugglers
Two American teenagers were arrested in Arizona on Friday for allegedly smuggling migrants across the US-Mexico border, the Cochise County Sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post. Cartels are reportedly using social media platforms like WhatsApp and TikTok to recruit young Americans, including teenagers, for smuggling activities, according to the New York Post. Authorities say that people from various states, including Georgia, New York, Washington State, Virginia, and Florida, have been drawn into these operations.
» https://nypost.com/2023/11/13/news/arizona-teens-eli-laclaire-and-landon-vert-arrested-for-people-smuggling/ 
» https://www.facebook.com/CochiseSO/posts/pfbid0LHTSYeRUgypdBAurdyFf3odwos7TeiGLC8HyLw2LfD4VgEWa5H6sQm68UjeNxTaKl
» https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/13/cartels-recruiting-american-teens-human-smugglers/

▫️Two Lowcountry men charged with child sex abuse crimes
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Thomas Gotshall, 68, of Johns Island, was arrested on Nov. 9 and charged with three counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, which is punishable by up to 10 years for each count if convicted. Gotshall was out on bond from a previous arrest with similar charges when captured. Jamie Rivera, 18, of St. George, S.C., was arrested on Nov. 3 and charged with one count of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, which is punishable by ten years imprisonment.
https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/two-lowcountry-men-charged-with-child-sex-abuse-crimes/ 

▫️Del Rio CBP officers apprehend fugitive sought for sexual misconduct with a minor
Benigno Martinez Perez, a 64-year-old male lawful permanent U.S. resident, has an outstanding felony warrant for alleged sexual misconduct with a minor, out of the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/del-rio-cbp-officers-apprehend-fugitive-sought-sexual-misconduct-minor 

▫️Former San Marcos teacher found guilty of sexual abuse of a child
SAN MARCOS, Texas — A former San Marcos High School (SMHS) teacher and assistant coach has been found guilty of three counts of sexual assault of a child.
On Nov. 2, a Hays County jury found David Ross Guerrero guilty. According to a press release from the Hays County District Attorney's Office, after Guerrero was found guilty, three additional victims testified during the punishment phase of his trial. All were former students of Guerrero, and each outlined his inappropriate behavior and sexual relationships with them while he was a teacher at SMHS.
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/crime/former-san-marcos-teacher-guilty-sexual-assault-child/269-8acfefa0-8107-4b56-bfe4-ecdc01b80761 

▫️Former Richland music teacher/preacher gets life in prison on child sex charges
Samuel Lamar Taylor, 52, has been sentenced to life without parole after he was convicted by a Rankin County jury on September 20, 2023, of one count of sexual battery and one count of gratification of lust. He will serve 15 years on the gratification of lust charge. The sentences will be served day-for-day without the possibility of parole or early release. Taylor served as a music teacher for over 25 years at schools across Mississippi, retiring from Richland Upper Elementary School in 2020. Taylor was also a minister at several churches throughout Rankin County, dating back to the 1980s.
https://darkhorsepressnow.com/former-richland-music-teacher-preacher-gets-life-in-prison-on-child-sex-charges/ 

▫️South Lake Tahoe high school coach sentenced for child porn
A South Lake Tahoe snowboarding instructor and high school soccer coach was sentenced Monday to five years in prison and five years of supervised release post-incarceration for distributing child pornography, according to federal prosecutors. Timothy Mackey, 42, worked at Heavenly Mountain Resort and also as a junior varsity boys soccer coach at South Lake Tahoe High School. A news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California said Mackey was a member of group chats on social media that shared explicit images of children.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article281818523.html 

▫️Nearly $1 million awarded to agencies that serve child abuse victims in south Alabama
MOBILE, Ala.  — Seven grants totaling nearly $1 million in grants have been awarded to agencies that serve child abuse victims in 16 south Alabama counties.
https://mynbc15.com/news/local/nearly-1-million-awarded-to-agencies-that-serve-child-abuse-victims-in-south-alabama 

▫️'A Monster:' Late Clergyman Accused Of Sexually Abusing Lawrence Teen
LAWRENCE, MA — A Boston lawyer is calling for justice for his client, who says he was sexually abused by the late Brother Brendan Brennan of the Marist Brothers congregation while he was a 16-year-old student at Central Catholic High School in Lawrence in 1980.
Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, who has represented clergy sexual abuse victims and survivors for decades, said in an interview with Patch Monday that his hope is that the Archdiocese of Boston Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley and the Marist Brothers acknowledge the alleged abuse and settle his client's claim.
» https://patch.com/massachusetts/northandover/late-clergyman-accused-sexually-abusing-lawrence-teen
» https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/11/a-monster-late-clergyman-accused-of-sexually-abusing-lawrence-teen/ 

▫️Former Law Enforcement Officer Sentenced to 30 Years for Sexual Exploitation of a Child
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Crane, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for sexually exploiting a child. Jeffrey Prowant, 47, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to 30 years in federal prison without parole. The 14-year-old child victim told investigators that Prowant had sexually assaulted her and confirmed that he took pornographic photos of her.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmo/pr/former-law-enforcement-officer-sentenced-30-years-sexual-exploitation-child 

▫️Nevada nonprofit joins forces with Montana nonprofit focused on fighting sex trafficking
https://carsonnow.org/reader-content/11/13/2023/nevada-nonprofit-joins-forces-montana-nonprofit-focused-fighting-sex-traff 
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▫️Operation Watchful Eye VIII sees 44 sex offenders arrested in one week
Thanks to an initiative involving 73 Georgia Sheriffs, 44 sex offenders were arrested and 234 warrants were issued across the state from October 30 – November 6, 2023 for violations of state registration laws. It was discovered that 577 sex offenders had absconded from their last known address, which will require the sheriff to work with other supporting agencies and track these individuals down.
» https://www.discoverdade.com/local/georgia-sheriffs-arrest-44-issue-234-warrants-in-statewide-sex-offender-crackdown/
» https://fetchyournews.com/featured-stories/operation-watchful-eye-viii-sees-44-sex-offenders-arrested-in-one-week/
» https://wnegradio.com/scso-joins-operation-watchful-eye-viii/ 

▫️Repeat Sex Trafficker Arrested for Sex Trafficking, Defendant allegedly trafficked at least five women
BOSTON – A Stoughton man previously convicted of multiple counts of sex trafficking has been arrested on sex trafficking charges. Marvin Pompilus, 39, was charged with one count of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion. Pompilus was arrested yesterday and, following an initial appearance in federal court in Boston, was detained pending a hearing scheduled for Nov. 28, 2023. “Marvin Pompilus is accused of exploiting his victims in the worst way. By coercing them with drugs, forcing them to engage in commercial sex, and subjecting them to violence if they refused, he took away the freedom and dignity to which these women are entitled,” said Jodi Cohen, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/repeat-sex-trafficker-arrested-sex-trafficking 

▫️Bristol Man Charged with Additional Sex Trafficking and Obstruction of Justice Offenses
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a superseding indictment charging DAVID MARSHALL, also known as “Saint,” 38, of Bristol, with additional sex trafficking and obstruction of justice offenses.
On November 15, 2022, the grand jury returned an indictment charging Marshall with the forceful sex trafficking of one adult female and offenses related to his alleged actions following his arrest.  As alleged in court documents, between January and April 2022, Marshall sold the victim for commercial sex and repeatedly raped and beat the victim if she did not follow his orders.  He also controlled the victim by plying her with fentanyl and threatening to harm her family.  In March 2022, the victim attempted to escape from Marshall and obtained an order of protection against him after he was arrested by Cromwell Police for threatening to kill her.
» https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/bristol-man-charged-additional-sex-trafficking-and-obstruction-justice-offenses
» https://www.fox61.com/article/news/local/hartford-county/bristol/bristol-man-charged-additional-sex-trafficking-crimes/520-de2eca57-b2b0-4182-bafa-a78171087163 

▫️Trial date set for nurse practitioner charged with human trafficking, narcotics
ALEXANDRIA, La.  - A trial date has been set for an Alexandria nurse practitioner arrested on charges of human trafficking and narcotics. Mark Declouet, Jr., 41, was arrested in February 2022 after the Rapides Area Drug Enforcement unit (RADE) received complaints that a local medical provider was allegedly providing narcotics for sexual favors. Agents discovered Declouet would allegedly solicit men with cash to locate and provide females for sexual purposes.
https://www.kalb.com/2023/11/15/trial-date-set-nurse-practitioner-charged-with-human-trafficking-narcotics/ 

▫️Haitian gang leader added to FBI's Ten Most Wanted list for kidnapping and killing Americans - $2 million reward
MIRAMAR, Fla.  — The FBI added a Haitian gang leader to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on Wednesday for the kidnapping and slaying of American missionaries in that country, but conceded capturing him will be a difficult task in the often lawless nation. In conjunction with the announcement, the U.S. State Department said it will pay up to $2 million for information leading to the arrest of Vitel'Homme Innocent, who is known by his first name only. He has already been indicted in the United States for the armed kidnapping of 16 Christian missionaries in 2021 and the slaying of missionary Marie Franklin and kidnapping of her husband, Jean, in 2022.
» https://www.state.gov/u-s-department-of-state-announces-increased-reward-offer-for-information-leading-to-the-arrest-and-or-conviction-of-haitian-gang-leader/
» https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/haitian-gang-leader-added-to-fbi-s-ten-most-18494493.php 

▫️Altus woman uploaded child porn to Discord, authorities say
ALTUS, Okla.  - An Altus woman faces decades in prison for allegedly uploading child pornography on the chat program ‘Discord.’
20-year-old Payton Boyd faces a single felony count of buying, possessing, or procuring obscene material. Court documents allege two Discord accounts possessed child sexual abuse material and both of them were linked back to Boyd’s IP address. If found guilty, she faces 20 years in prison.
https://www.kswo.com/2023/11/15/altus-woman-uploaded-child-porn-discord-authorities-say/ 

▫️Online National Vigilante Organization Aimed at Stopping Child Porn Helps Arrest One in Vinton County
On Saturday November 12th the Vinton County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a private organization called “Predator Poachers” out of Houston Texas stating that they had been in contact with an individual from Vinton County with one of their fake online accounts, where the organization was posing as a 13 year old female. Mark Vickers Jr., age 25 of Hamden, was arrested at the scene and transported to Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail.
Predator Poachers, an organization that conducts sting operations on adults who seek sexual activities with minors. Since its founding in 2019, the organization has claimed responsibility for arrests in 27 U.S. states.
https://www.sciotopost.com/online-national-vigilante-organization-aimed-at-stopping-child-porn-helps-arrest-one-in-vinton-county/ 

▫️Danbury man extradited to US on Michigan child sex indictment
A Danbury man who fled a Michigan child sex indictment has been extradited from Spain, federal officials said. Kristian Ignacio Feliz, 24, was expected to appear at the federal courthouse in Grand Rapids Thursday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Western District of Michigan. He faces three counts of sexually exploiting a minor in Kalamazoo County in January, and one count of coercing and enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity. He was indicted in March. Police in Spain, the Guardia Civil, arrested Feliz in Barcelona in June at the request of the United States.
» https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/danbury-man-extradited-child-sex-indictment-18495487.php
» https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2023_1115_Feliz 

▫️Police seek man in connection to alleged attempted abduction in Queens
NEW YORK - Police are looking for a man in connection to an alleged attempted abduction in Queens. It happened around 8.20 a.m. Wednesday near Francis Lewis Boulevard and 113th Road in Queens Village. Police say a 15-year-old girl was walking to school when a man standing next to a black SUV approached her. The man allegedly tried to grab her and pull her into the vehicle, but the teenager broke free and ran away.
» https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/queens-village-attempted-abduction/
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▫️Utah gymnastics coach on leave amid abuse probe
Utah has placed gymnastics coach Tom Farden on paid administrative leave following abuse allegations leveled last month by two former female gymnasts.
The university confirmed Sunday night with ESPN that Farden's leave is effective immediately.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-12744659/Utah-gymnastics-coach-leave-amid-abuse-probe.html 

▫️Former Berkeley County private school teacher charged with sexual abuse of child
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A former middle school teacher at a Martinsburg private school is facing sex-related charges connected to a former student. Jorge William Mendoza, 29, of Martinsburg, is charged with third degree sexual assault with a person who is mentally incapacitated, sexual abuse by a person in a position of trust and solicitation of a minor by computer. Mendoza taught middle school at Rocky Knoll School.
» https://wvmetronews.com/2023/11/15/former-berkeley-county-private-school-teacher-charged-with-sexual-abuse-of-child/
» https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/former-martinsburg-private-school-teacher-charged-with-sexual-abuse-of-child/article_7b33c512-8400-11ee-b04c-4b2f73b460de.html 

▫️Former JCPS teacher sentenced to 10 years for child sex crimes
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A former Jefferson County Public Schools teacher was sentenced to a decade in prison for attempting to have sexual relations with a minor. Former Meyzeek Middle School teacher and Eastern High School baseball coach Kevin O'Donnell, 26, was convicted of attempted online enticement of a minor. O'Donnell communicated with who he believed to be a 14-year-old girl online. Unknown to him at the time, he was talking to an undercover law enforcement officer.
https://www.whas11.com/article/news/crime/former-jcps-teacher-sentenced-10-years-prison-sexual-conduct-minor-teenage-girl-meyzeek-middle-school-eastern-highschool/417-2274694c-2055-4b4c-ac44-3a11747f43a2     (VIDEO) 

▫️Child is raped, Mormon church stays silent. Then comes shocking part
A creeper confesses to his bishop. He’s raping his 5-year-old daughter. For seven years, the bishop tells no one outside his church – remaining silent, as a church lawyer advises him to do – and the abuse continues. Then the creeper starts raping another daughter, just six weeks old. Recently, a Cochise County judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by several of the creeper's children against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It’s galling, though not surprising, that a judge would decline to hold the church responsible. While Arizona has a mandatory reporting law for teachers and doctors and such, members of the clergy are not required to report a confession that a child is being abused. Paul Adams, of Bisbee, a father of six, admitted during a counseling session with his bishop that he was raping his then-5-year-old daughter.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/11/14/child-sex-abuse-mormon-church-clergy-silence-legal/71569441007/ 

▫️Convicted sex offender arrested again on child porn charges, Coweta County deputies say
COWETA COUNTY, Ga. - A convicted child molester in Coweta County is back behind bars after authorities were tipped off to photographs he allegedly had been sharing on social media. Zachary Bormann, 28, was arrested on Monday at a Coweta County business where he was employed. The GBI got a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that Bormann had allegedly shared and possessed child sexual abuse material on social media, according to the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office.
» https://news.yahoo.com/convicted-sex-offender-arrested-again-230551593.html
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▫️Pittsburgh man convicted of having child celebrity porn that was digitally modified
A Pittsburgh man was convicted of having modified child sexual abuse material of child celebrities. According to the Department of Justice, a federal jury found James Smelko, 56, guilty of two counts of possessing child pornography
According to officials, Smelko was found to have photos of child actors that were digitally modified so they were nude or were engaged in sexual acts. The photos were found when law enforcement went through his computer in his Pittsburgh home.
https://news.yahoo.com/pittsburgh-man-convicted-having-child-223019818.html 

▫️Lewis County man accused of two counts of sexual abuse
GLENFIELD, N.Y.  – A 45-year-old Glenfield man is facing multiple counts after sexual abuse after allegedly making sexual contact with a 13-year-old child.
Lewis County Sheriffs charged Lewis Stanford Jr. with two counts of first-degree sexual abuse. The arrest came on Thursday, November 9, which is the same day that the alleged incident took place.
https://www.informnny.com/abc50-now/lewis-county-accused-of-two-counts-of-sexual-abuse/ 

▫️Boston Man Indicted for Sex Trafficking a Minor
Tramonte Jamier Queen, 23, was indicted on one count of sex trafficking of a child and one count of transportation of minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. Queen was previously charged by criminal complaint on Oct. 17, 2023 and has been in state custody on related charges since February 2022.  According to the charging documents, beginning in January 2022, Queen recruited a 16-year-old girl to engage in prostitution. First, it is alleged that Queen directed the victim to take photos of herself – including photos depicting the victim nude and posing provocatively. Shortly thereafter, Queen allegedly directed the victim to earn money for him by engaging in commercial sex. It is alleged that Queen communicated with sex buyers and arranged for the victim to engage in commercial sex in the basement of his mother’s residence in Dorchester as well as at hotels and took all of the proceeds for himself. Queen allegedly used threats and violence to maintain control over the victim.
It is further alleged that Queen drove the victim to a hotel in Warwick, R.I., where he caused her to perform sex acts for his financial benefit. Hours after this trip to Rhode Island, police stopped Queen as he was returning to Boston with victim.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/boston-man-indicted-sex-trafficking-minor 

▫️Man arrested on multiple child sex crimes, North Carolina deputies say
An investigation was initiated on Oct. 28 after the Davidson County Sheriff's Office received information on an unrelated investigation. During that investigation, child sexual abuse materials were found in Robert Gallazzi's possession. On Monday, detectives with the Davidson County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation/Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force arrested Gallazzi, 56.
He was charged with 10 counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. Gallazzi is being held at Davidson County Detention Center on a $350,000 secured bond. He is due in court on November 30.
https://www.wxii12.com/article/davidson-county-man-arrested-child-sex-crimes/45849906 

▫️ERO Boston arrests Jamaican national facing multiple rape charges | ICE
BOSTON — Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested an unlawfully present Jamaican national on immigration charges on Nov. 7 who was recently arrested and charged with multiple counts of rape and sexual assault in Mashpee, Massachusetts. The 52-year-old citizen of Jamaica, who has been unlawfully present in the United States for more than two years, was arrested by local police on two counts of rape and one count of assault to rape. He was arraigned in the Falmouth District Court in Falmouth, Massachusetts on Oct. 27.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-boston-arrests-jamaican-national-facing-multiple-rape-charges 

▫️CBP Releases October 2023 Monthly Update | U.S. Customs and Border Protection
ince May 2023 and through October 31st, DHS removed or returned over 355,000 individuals, including more than 54,000 individual family members. DHS has removed or returned more individual family members in the last six months than in any previous full fiscal year.  
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-releases-october-2023-monthly-update 

▫️Hope in Action: Recent Human Trafficking Operations
Karolyn Schrage, Executive Director at LifeChoices Health Network shares about the recent human trafficking law enforcement operations that the RISE Coalition has served on this year.
https://www.fourstateshomepage.com/news/living-well/hope-in-action-recent-human-trafficking-operations/    (VIDEO) 

▫️Legislators and advocates rally for human trafficking victims
HARRISBURG, Pa.  — State legislators joined advocates at the capitol Wednesday to speak out against human trafficking. The event was scheduled, in part, to help push to the passing of House Bill 1241.
HB 1241 would require licensing to separate legal massage operations from illegal parlors that utilize human trafficking. Just a few months ago, the Cumberland County District Attorney's Office broke open a multi-operation scheme involving massage parlors and illegal sexual trafficking.
https://local21news.com/news/local/legislators-and-advocates-rally-for-human-trafficking-victims 

▫️Get your sticker to stop West Virginia human traffickers
West Virginia is forming a united front against the selling of human beings with its Businesses Against Trafficking program. Secretary of State Mac Warner will send stickers to any business that signs up. Those can be stuck on any surface a potential victim might see…and secretly call for help.
» https://www.wtrf.com/news/west-virginia-headlines/get-your-sticker-to-stop-west-virginia-human-traffickers/    (VIDEO) 
» https://sos.wv.gov/business/pages/wvbat.aspx 
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▫️Former Arkansas judge sentenced to seven years in prison for possession of child sexual abuse material
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas man who previously served as a county judge, prosecutor, and criminal defense attorney has been sentenced to federal prison for the possession of child sexual abuse material.
According to reports, 54-year-old Daniel Arthur Stewart of Fort Smith was sentenced to 84 months in prison with 10 years of supervision following immediately after, with no possibility of parole. 
» https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/former-arkansas-judge-sentenced-possession-child-sexual-abuse-material/91-dff85a4c-ee28-44a6-a871-1ae11cf69b56 
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▫️Former Ames nurse practitioner facing federal sex trafficking charges
AMES, Iowa — A former Ames nurse practitioner is now facing federal charges for allegedly sex trafficking 14 victims and sexually exploiting a minor.
On Thursday a federal grand jury issued an indictment charging Carl Markley with 15 counts of sex trafficking by fraud and coercion, one count of sexual exploitation and attempted exploitation of a child, and one count of possession of child pornography.
» https://who13.com/news/former-ames-nurse-practitioner-facing-federal-sex-trafficking-charges/     (VIDEO)
 » https://www.kcci.com/article/ames-iowa-carl-markley-federally-indicted-charged-with-15-counts-of-sex-trafficking/45866657     (VIDEO)
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▫️New York City Department of Education employee charged with attempted kidnapping
An off-duty New York City Department of Education employee is accused of trying to abduct a teenager in Queens on Wednesday. Police say 32-year-old Yogeshwar Narine was arrested Thursday. Narine allegedly approached a 15-year-old girl as she was walking to school Wednesday morning and tried to grab her and pull her into an SUV.
» https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-department-of-education-employee-attempted-kidnapping/
» https://gothamist.com/news/nypd-schools-repairman-charged-with-attempted-kidnapping-after-luring-teenage-girl-to-suv 

▫️Former Potosi Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Trafficking, Other Charges
ST. LOUIS – A former Potosi, Missouri police officer on Thursday admitted providing cash, vape cartridges and other items to three male minors for nude pictures or after performing sex acts on the victims. Matthew N. Skaggs, 40, pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp to three felony charges: sex trafficking, solicitation of child pornography and coercion and enticement of a minor.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmo/pr/former-potosi-police-officer-pleads-guilty-child-sex-trafficking-other-charges 

▫️Lawrence police arrest seven in prostitution sting operation
A warrant has also been issued for an additional male suspect who fled the scene during the operation. The individuals apprehended in the sting are facing charges for sexual conduct for a fee.
https://www.newportdispatch.com/2023/11/16/lawrence-police-arrest-seven-in-prostitution-sting-operation/ 

▫️Registered sex offender arrested for kidnapping
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A registered sex offender has been arrested for the alleged kidnapping of an 11-year-old girl that occurred in October. According to Metro Police, detectives charged parolee and registered sex offender 28-year-old Cordarius Caldwell Thursday with especially aggravated kidnapping following an October incident where he allegedly tried to take an 11-year-old girl from her East Nashville home. Police say during an interview, Caldwell admitted to forcibly pulling the girl off her porch and taking her down the street. The girl was able to flee after a neighbor tried to intervene.
» https://www.wsmv.com/2023/11/17/registered-sex-offender-arrested-kidnapping-11-year-old-girl-east-nashville/   (VIDEO)
» https://fox17.com/news/local/cordarius-caldwell-registered-sex-offender-arrested-for-october-kidnapping-of-east-nashville-girl
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▫️U.S. Marshals in Connecticut Capture Two Fugitive Sex Offenders
New Haven, CT - The U.S. Marshals Connecticut Violent Offenders Task Force, working with the Fairfield and Bridgeport police, recently located and arrested two fugitive sex offenders wanted on multiple warrants. Douglas Baran, 28, of Fairfield was wanted on five separate warrants from the Newcastle and Newark police departments in Delaware, charging him with stalking, sexual harassment, attempt to induce sexual contact, and indecent exposure. Guadalupe Martinez, 70, was wanted on first-degree sexual assault, two counts of third-degree sexual assault, fourth-degree sexual assault, first-degree sexual assault of a minor, and four counts of risk of injury to a child. Bridgeport Police obtained an arrest warrant for Martinez following an investigation of the sexual assault of a minor in January 2023.
https://www.publicnow.com/view/F2D0D09791377065CEA5B060557592EF40CF106C?1700164092
» https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/press-release/us-marshals-connecticut-capture-two-fugitive-sex-offenders 

▫️Former Houston area teacher charged with selling images, videos of child sex abuse
A now-former teacher in Brazoria County was indicted in a Houston federal courtroom last week after being accused of selling multiple images and videos of young girls being sexually abused to various social media users.
Michael Chase Watson, who taught agriculture and welding within Brazoswood High School’s Future Farmers of America program, was arrested Oct. 17 at his home in Angleton. An undercover operation by the St. George Police Department in Utah discovered that Watson had been sending child sex abuse images through the Kik Messenger application dating back to January, according to court documents.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/houston-area-teacher-charged-with-child-porn-18493831.php 

▫️Local church youth leader charged for possible child sex abuse
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. — The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office (MCPO) has charged Luis Mendoza, 29, of Clinton Township for allegedly engaging in criminal sexual acts with a minor.
Mendoza was charged with criminal sexual conduct 3rd degree, criminal sexual conduct 4th degree, and children - contributing to delinquency. He was arraigned Wednesday morning at 42nd District Court in Romeo.
https://www.wxyz.com/news/local-church-youth-leader-charged-for-possible-child-sex-abuse 

▫️Former editor from East Otis accused of distributing child sex abuse images
A Western Massachusetts man and former editor of a political news site has been charged with possessing and distributing child sex abuse images, according to the Berkshire County District Attorney’s Office.
Slade Sohmer, of East Otis, pleaded not guilty to two counts of possession of child pornography and two counts of dissemination of child pornography during his arraignment in Southern Berkshire District Court on Monday, according to The Berkshire Eagle.
» https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/ex-news-site-editor-had-hundreds-of-child-sex-abuse-images-mass-da-says/3194061/
» https://www.masslive.com/news/2023/11/former-editor-from-east-otis-accused-of-distributing-child-sex-abuse-images.html 

▫️Cibolo man held on $1.5 million bond in massive child pornography case
CIBOLO, Texas - An investigation has landed a man in jail after he was arrested in a massive child pornography case in Guadalupe County. Cibolo Police arrested Charles Wyatt, 58, on Wednesday at his home on Falcon Park and charged him with 27 counts of possession of child pornography and six counts of invasive visual recording. Forensic investigators now switch their attention to the several electronic storage devices that were found inside Wyatt's house, and locating the child victims that appeared in the images. Police say they don't believe any of the children shown in the photos are from the local area.
https://foxsanantonio.com/newsletter-daily/cibolo-man-held-on-1475-million-bond-in-massive-child-pornography-case-guadalupe-county-jail-arrest-investigation-police-images-storage-devices-hidden-camera   (VIDEO) 

▫️Louis Bendzak of West Middlesex, Pa accused of sexual abuse of child in Mercer County: PSP
LACKAWANNOCK Twp., Pa - Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) arrested a 29-year-old man after they got a tip from the Safe to Say Tip Line. Louis Bendzak of West Middlesex was charged with indecent assault and corruption of minors. The tip said an 11-year-old girl was sexually abused on October 29 in Lackawannock Township.
https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/local-man-accused-of-sexual-abuse-of-child-in-mercer-county-psp/ 

▫️Winchester encounter with Predator Catchers leads to Ohio man's arrest
WINCHESTER, Ind. — An Ohio man's encounter with Predator Catchers — a group that conducts online sex sting operations — resulted in his arrest by Winchester police. Aaron Blaze Clark, 27 — of Liberty Township in Butler County, Ohio, about 70 miles southeast of Winchester — was arrested Nov. 4. Officers found members of Predator Catchers confronting Clark, who they maintained had come to Winchester in anticipation of having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
https://www.pal-item.com/story/news/crime/2023/11/16/winchester-encounter-with-predator-catchers-leads-to-ohio-mans-arrest/71597975007/ 

▫️California family sues sheriff’s office after deputy’s ‘catfishing’ of teen and triple homicide
LOS ANGELES  — A California family is suing a Virginia sheriff's department that hired a deputy who sexually extorted and kidnapped a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint, killed her mother and grandparents, and set their home on fire. Austin Lee Edwards, 28, died by suicide during a shootout with law enforcement. Authorities have said Edwards had posed online as a 17-year-old boy while communicating with the teenager, a form of deception known as “catfishing,” and asked her to send nude photos of herself. Edwards had been hired as a Washington County sheriff's deputy in Virginia just nine days before the killings, even though a 2016 court order prohibited him from buying, possessing and transporting a firearm.
» https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/who-was-murder-suspect-austin-lee-edwards/vi-AA14EpyO         (VIDEO)
» https://ny1.com/nyc/brooklyn/public-safety/2023/11/17/california-family-sues-sheriff-s-office-after-deputy-kidnapped-girl
» https://siouxcountyradio.com/fox-national-news/california-family-sues-sheriffs-office-after-deputys-catfi
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▫️KC Husband, Wife Indicted for Sexual Exploitation of Three Child Victims
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Kansas City, Mo., couple is indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to the sexual exploitation of three child victims. Houston Wade Young, 36, and Jessica Ann Young, 33, were charged in an eight-count superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Springfield, Mo., on Tuesday, Nov. 14. The superseding indictment replaces the original indictment returned against Houston Young on July 25, 2023, and adds Jessica Young (who was arrested today) as a defendant with additional charges.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmo/pr/kc-husband-wife-indicted-sexual-exploitation-three-child-victims 

▫️Married high school educator accused of sex with 11-year-old
A former Connecticut high school employee was arrested Tuesday for alleged sex acts with an 11-year-old boy that frequently occurred in her car, according to a report. Alyson Cranick, 42, met up with the child on at least 14 occasions after the boy repeatedly sneaked out of his house late at night in 2022, a warrant obtained by Law&Crime alleges.
https://news.yahoo.com/married-high-school-educator-accused-190913403.html 

▫️2nd convicted killer charged in kidnapping, rape of teenage girl 17 years ago
SALT LAKE CITY — The second of two men believed to have kidnapped and sexually assaulted a teenage girl at gunpoint more than 15 years ago is now facing charges thanks to advances in DNA technology. Jose Luis Pina-Cruz, 38, was charged Thursday in 3rd District Court with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault, and aggravated robbery, all first-degree felonies. Pina-Cruz is currently incarcerated in the Central Utah Correctional Facility under the name Jesus Alarcon Jimenez after being convicted of murder in 2008, according to prosecutors.
https://www.ksl.com/article/50792022/2nd-convicted-killer-charged-in-kidnapping-rape-of-teenage-girl-17-years-ago 

▫️Man Kills Himself During Standoff With Police
Beaverton, Ore. — On November 16th, 2023, at 7:00 AM, Beaverton Police Department Detectives executed a search warrant at The Park at Allen apartments, located at 11655 SW Allen Blvd. The focus of the investigation was 67-year-old Steven Eugene Wells, a resident of the apartment complex, in connection with ORS 163.684 – Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse in the First Degree. The situation escalated, leading to the involvement of the Washington County Crisis Negotiations Unit (CNU) and the Washington County Tactical Negotiations Team (TNT). CNU members spent an extended period negotiating with Wells. Unfortunately, the incident concluded with Wells taking his own life while alone in his apartment.
The investigation remains ongoing. Individuals with information about this incident are urged to contact the Beaverton Police Department at 503.526.2261.
https://www.freedom970.com/man-kills-himself-during-standoff-with-police/ 

▫️Bus driver faces charges after reports of assault on Dixie High students
A school bus driver is now without a job after authorities said he assaulted two Dixie High School students. Trasean Vintarius Lee, 24, of Anderson, was arrested and charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and first-degree assault and battery on Nov. 10.
https://www.indexjournal.com/news/crime/bus-driver-faces-charges-after-reports-of-assault-on-dixie-high-students/article_fa786a02-831b-11ee-84a0-3f02a08105be.html 

▫️Jackson school bus driver accused of possessing, distributing child pornography
MONMOUTH COUNTY – A Manalapan man who recently obtained a new job as a school bus driver in Jackson Township was arrested and charged with the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse materials, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Thursday. Brian R. McBride, 28, was arrested and charged on Wednesday October 25, 2023, with one count of second-degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child, Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Materials and one count of third-degree Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials, Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials.
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/hazlet-and-keyport/sections/law-and-justice/articles/nj-school-bus-driver-charged-with-possession-and-distribution-of-child-sexual-abuse-materials 

▫️ERO New York City arrests Turkish citizen convicted of sexual offenses against a child | ICE
NEW YORK — On Nov. 15, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York City arrested a citizen of Turkey convicted of acting in a manner to injure a child less than 17 years old in full satisfaction of the following criminal charges: criminal sexual act in the first degree of a victim less than 11 years old; and sexual abuse in the first degree: sexual contact with an individual less than 11 years old. He was convicted on Aug. 9, by the Suffolk County First District Court. Long Island Fugitive Operations officers arrested the 31-year-old noncitizen without incident in Yaphank, New York, pursuant to an I-200 Warrant of Arrest. He will remain in custody without bond pending removal proceedings.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-new-york-city-arrests-turkish-citizen-convicted-sexual-offenses-against-child 

▫️Nonprofit seeks out women and children ensnared in human trafficking rings
Elli's House seeks out the underbelly of society in an effort to rescue women and children from human trafficking and prostitution. During a special two-part Amy's Angels series, we meet the woman behind the nonprofit and the people she seeks out. Find more information at: www.ellishouse313.com
https://www.fox2detroit.com/video/1312674     (VIDEO) 

▫️25 Investigates: Bills to strengthen laws around child sex abuse languish on Beacon Hill for years
25 Investigates has uncovered scores of cases of sexual abuse by Massachusetts public school staff over the past decades – and spoken with survivors who say that abuse has left them with lasting emotional scars and years of trauma.
https://news.yahoo.com/25-investigates-bills-strengthen-laws-030538843.html     (VIDEO) 

▫️Conroe crime: Life sentence handed down in child sexual abuse case
Houston - A man has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of sexually abusing a child under the age of six. Alejandro Arteaga, 56, faced allegations of sexual abuse dating back to 2010.
https://news.yahoo.com/conroe-crime-life-sentence-handed-231043509.html 

▫️Nearly Half Of FBI Cases On Wind River Reservation Are Child Sex Abuse
Of the felony-level crimes the FBI is investigating this year on the Wind River Indian Reservation, child sexual abuse makes up nearly half of them, a federal agent told Wyoming legislators Thursday. The FBI investigates felony-level crimes on the Wind River Indian Reservation. The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs has an agency on the reservation as well, which investigates both felony and misdemeanor-level crimes. The recent fiscal year, which stretched from last October to September, 40% of the FBI’s open criminal cases for the reservation involve sexual abuse of minors, Jedediah Oakley, supervisory senior resident agent for the FBI in Wyoming, told the legislative Select Committee on Tribal Relations while meeting in Fort Washakie.
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/11/16/nearly-half-of-fbi-cases-on-wind-river-reservation-are-child-sex-abuse/ 

▫️CVSA Announces 2024 Human Trafficking Awareness Initiative
Because traffickers use our transportation systems, including commercial motor vehicles, to transport victims, it’s imperative that the law enforcement community and industry partners be involved in fighting this crime, says CVSA.
CVSA's Human Trafficking Awareness dates are:
United States: Jan. 8-12, 2024
Canada: Feb. 19-23, 2024.
Mexico: March 11-15, 2024
https://www.truckinginfo.com/10210484/cvsa-announces-2024-human-trafficking-awareness-initiative 

▫️Woman suing Tim Ballard files police report accusing him of sexual assault
LINDON — Lindon police have confirmed that they have opened up a criminal investigation of Operation Underground Railroad founder and former CEO Tim Ballard. A woman filed a police report against Ballard, alleging the anti-sex trafficking activist sexually assaulted her.
» https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12759641/Sound-Freedoms-Tim-Ballard-police-investigation-sexual-assault.html
» https://kslnewsradio.com/2059567/woman-suing-tim-ballard-files-police-report-accusing-him-of-sexual-assault/ 

▫️Hip-hop icon Sean Combs aka 'Puff Daddy' accused of rape & sex trafficking by former flame Cassandra Ventura
» https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idscXV?now=true   (VIDEO)
» https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/hip-hop-icon-sean-combs-aka-puff-daddy-accused-of-rape-sex-trafficking-by-former-flame-cassandra-ventura/articleshow/105286009.cms
» https://pagesix.com/2023/11/16/entertainment/sean-diddy-combs-restricts-instagram-comments-after-ex-cassie-sues-for-rape-abuse/
» https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12763147/Inside-Cassies-rollercoaster-rise-fame.html 
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▫️Port Richey’s only code enforcement officer accused of sex crimes
PORT RICHEY, Fla. — A Port Richey city employee is facing charges after deputies allege he had child pornography in his possession, and also had animals perform sexual acts on him. Court documents say the 56-year-old Jeffrey Singleton had 33 files containing child pornography and 21 files showing sexual activity with animals.
» https://www.wfla.com/news/pasco-county/port-richeys-only-code-enforcement-officer-arrested-on-child-porn-charges/   (VIDEO)
» https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/i-team-investigates/florida-code-enforcement-officer-facing-charges-of-child-porn-and-other-sex-crimes   (VIDEO)
» https://finance.yahoo.com/video/florida-code-enforcement-officer-facing-015447521.html 

▫️CCSO: 6 Human trafficking victims located during sting In Coweta County
Approximately 26 individuals were arrested during the operation on charges ranging from prostitution, pimping and pandering to various drugs, weapons and warrant-related charges.
https://www.times-herald.com/news/ccso-human-trafficking-victims-located-during-sting/article_401a8888-8597-11ee-8bdd-03c3be40c119.html 

▫️Texas man arrested for human trafficking out of Calcasieu casino
LAKE CHARLES, La.  - A Houston man is in a Calcasieu Parish jail after his arrest on Nov. 16 for his alleged involvement in human trafficking. According to Derek Senegal, spokesman for the Louisiana State Police, their Gaming Enforcement Division began an investigation into Jarvis Renfro, 40, of Houston, earlier this month after he was found to have recruited multiple females for prostitution. Detectives said they discovered Renfro and the female victims were staying at a local casino. On Thursday Renfro was arrested and booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center after an interview regarding his involvement in human trafficking. In addition to this charge, he also faces allegations of promoting and inciting prostitution and soliciting for prostitutes. His bond was set at $575,000.
» https://www.kplctv.com/2023/11/17/texas-man-arrested-human-trafficking-out-calcasieu-casino/   (VIDEO)
» https://www.klfy.com/louisiana/texas-man-arrested-in-louisiana-for-human-trafficking/
» https://www.katc.com/news/around-acadiana/calcasieu-parish/houston-man-arrested-at-calcasieu-casino-accused-of-human-trafficking 

▫️Ohio couple indicted by grand jury in human trafficking case in Greene Co.
GREENSBORO, Ga. — An Ohio couple has been indicted by a grand jury in connection with a human trafficking case that led to a teenage girl’s rescue in Greene County, a state official says. The indictments against Anthony Charles Holmes and Jameesha Monique Harris, both of Cleveland, Ohio, was recently announced by Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr in a press release. Grand jurors levied charges of trafficking of persons for sexual servitude, trafficking in cocaine, as well as other drug and weapons offenses. The human trafficking case involved a 16-year-old victim who was rescued by deputies following an Aug. 2 high-speed chase and subsequent pit maneuver in parts of Greene and Taliaferro counties.
https://www.unionrecorder.com/news/ohio-couple-indicted-by-grand-jury-in-human-trafficking-case-in-greene-co/article_b73c7074-84b7-11ee-b610-9fc30e1c4d0c.html 

▫️Man accused of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl from New York park is charged with rape
BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. -- A man accused of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl from a state park in upstate New York raped the child during the two days she was held hostage before her rescue, prosecutors said Friday. Craig N. Ross Jr. was initially charged only with first-degree kidnapping in the abduction of the girl on Sept. 30 from Moreau Lake State Park, located in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains about 35 miles (60 kilometers) north of Albany. A massive search in the rural area ended two days later when state police troopers and FBI SWAT team stormed a camper Ross was staying in. Rescuers found the girl in a cabinet.
» https://news.yahoo.com/york-man-charged-child-rape-175020635.html   (VIDEO)
» https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-accused-kidnapping-9-year-girl-new-york-104992820 

▫️LCSO arrests and charge Opelika man with sexual abuse of a child under 12
LEE COUNTY, Ala. – The Lee County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) said an Opelika resident was arrested after the sheriff’s office received a report about him allegedly sexually abusing a child under 12. The LCSO says on Thursday, the sheriff’s office received a report about the sexual abuse of a female child under the age of 12 and 51-year-old Michael Deangelo Jones from Opelika was named as a suspect. Investigators were later able to obtain enough evidence to get an arrest warrant for Jones and on Friday. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information regarding this case to contact the sheriff’s office at 334-749-5651.
https://www.wrbl.com/news/crime/lcso-arrests-and-charge-opelika-man-with-sexual-abuse-of-a-child-under-12/ 

▫️Portland Police, FBI catch accused interstate child predator living out of van in Tigard area
TIGARD, Ore. — Portland Police and FBI agents arrested an accused child predator on Friday who they say tried to victimize children across several states. The police bureau’s Child Abuse Team found 30 crime tips sent to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children tipline linked to 25-year-old Jakob Joshua Stickney. Those tips involve children as young as ten years old from Washington, Missouri, and Arkansas.
PPB’s Child Abuse Team is working with federal and local law enforcement in the three other states to investigate further crimes linked to Stickney. If you have any helpful information in the case, you’re asked to contact Detective Nathan Moore at nathan.moore@police.portlandoregon.gov and reference Case #23-237743.
» https://nbc16.com/newsletter-daily/portland-police-fbi-catch-accused-interstate-child-predator-living-out-of-van-in-tigard-area-oregon-washington-abuse-internet-social-media-investigation-national-center-missing-exploited-children
» https://kpic.com/news/local/portland-police-fbi-catch-accused-interstate-child-predator-living-out-of-van-in-tigard-area-oregon-washington-abuse-internet-social-media-investigation-national-center-missing-exploited-children 

▫️Sex trafficking children lands Missoula man in prison
A Missoula man will spend the next 12 years in prison for paying teenage girls as young as 14 years-old to have intercourse, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Friday. Cody Alan Harrington, 29, pleaded guilty in July to two counts of sex trafficking children. His sentence also includes 10 years of supervised release. In court documents, the government alleged that for seven years prior to his arrest, Harrington consistently targeted 14- and 15-year-old minors to engage in illegal sexual activity.
https://missoulacurrent.com/sex-trafficking-children/ 

▫️3 arrested in Kennewick on child abuse charges
KENNEWICK, Wash. - Three adults in Kennewick were arrested Friday for child abuse and domestic violence according to a press release from the Kennewick Police Department. KPD says detectives recently started investigating reports of child abuse at a Kennewick home. After an interview and an investigation, detectives had probable cause to arrest three adults. 
After a search warrant allowed KPD to investigate a home in the area of W 19th Avenue and S Olympia Street, police arrested the three adults and found the children safe. Anyone with information that could help detectives in the case should call KPD's non-emergency number at 509-628-0333 and reference case number 23-084271.
https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/3-arrested-in-kennewick-on-child-abuse-charges/article_f3a7fff6-85c0-11ee-b9a0-2b427a7801cf.html   (VIDEO) 

▫️In new lawsuit filed under Child Victims Act, 25 people allege sex abuse at Cheltenham Youth Detention Center in Maryland
NEW YORK -- A high-profile sexual abuse lawsuit filed by award-winning trial practice Levy Konigsberg against the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services has been profiled in The Baltimore Sun. As reported by The Sun, the lawsuit – filed on Thursday November 16, 2023 in Baltimore City Circuit Court – accuses the DJS of failing to reign in systemic issues responsible for making Cheltenham a "hotbed of sexual abuse." Specifically, it claims that the DJS failed to adequately supervise staff, enact sufficient procedures for preventing staff-on-inmate abuse, and stamp out a culture of secrecy in which guards and detention center staff consistently used threats and retaliation to keep survivors silent.
» https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-cheltenham-youth-center-abuse-lawsuit-20231116-3yxtgysbybc3hhpv3agushgeci-story.html
» https://www.levylaw.com/documents/In-new-lawsuit-filed-under-Child-Victims-Act-25-people-allege-sex-abuse-at-Cheltenham-Youth-Detention-Center-in-Maryland.pdf
» https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/11/in-new-lawsuit-filed-under-child-victims-act-25-people-allege-sex-abuse-at-cheltenham-youth-detention-center-in-maryland/ 

▫️School Worker in Cumberland County, NJ, Facing Child Porn Charges
Yet another school worker in Cumberland County is facing child porn-related charges. Following an investigation by New Jersey State Police, 47-year-old Ryan C. Johnson of Hopewell Township has been arrested and charged with two counts of third-degree endangering the welfare of a child, third-degree possession of child pornography, and two counts of lewdness.
https://nj1015.com/ixp/564/p/another-school-worker-in-cumberland-county-nj-facing-child-porn-related-charges/ 

▫️Texas man arrested for rape, attempted human trafficking at Baton Rouge motel
BATON ROUGE - A Texas man faces multiple charges after he allegedly raped and attempted to force a Texas woman into prostitution. The victim claims Moore then tried to force her into prostitution. When the victim refused and attempted to leave, Moore allegedly grabbed and slapped her.
Records say Moore then forced the victim into the backseat of the vehicle, where he hit her before forcibly ripping off her pants and raping her. Detectives say surveillance footage from the motel corroborated the victim's story. Moore was booked on charges of second degree rape, attempted human trafficking and theft. Records also revealed the Los Angeles Police Department arrested Moore in March for felony pimping.
https://www.wbrz.com/news/texas-man-arrested-for-rape-attempted-human-trafficking-at-baton-rouge-motel/ 

▫️Teen human smuggling suspect says he found job on social media:   ‘I am screwed’
The Texas Department of Public Safety apprehended a pair of friends from Dallas for alleged human smuggling Thursday. One of the alleged smugglers, 17-year-old Jonathan Rodriguez, told NewsNation it was his first time attempting to smuggle someone and that he landed the job through a social media advertisement.
Now, he’s being charged as an adult for smuggling of persons. The teen shared some sobering and eye-opening insight into the intricate web that pairs illegal migrants with smugglers to take them from the border into the U.S.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/human-smuggling-suspect-arrest/   (VIDEO) 

▫️HSI Douglas case sends woman to 12 months in prison for role as social media recruiter for human smuggling | ICE
DOUGLAS, Ariz. – A young Phoenix woman was sentenced on Nov. 7 to 12 months and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for her involvement as a social media recruiter for human smuggling. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) – Douglas office conducted the investigation in this case. Destiney Rae Montoya, 22, of Phoenix, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport illegal aliens for profit on Aug. 16. The offense includes a sentencing enhancement for being a coordinator. Between 2021 and 2022, Montoya used social media to solicit and advertise for drivers to assist with smuggling undocumented noncitizens further into the United States after their arrival.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-douglas-case-sends-woman-12-months-prison-role-social-media-recruiter-human 

▫️Romanian man charged with human smuggling near B.C.-Washington border
A 48-year-old man is facing 13 federal charges in the United States after allegedly smuggling six Romanian citizens over the British Columbia border into Washington state. American officials say illegal crossings at the B.C.-Washington border are growing more common and more dangerous. Ionel Niculae, who is also known as Adrian Dumitrescu, was charged this week with six counts of aiding and abetting the improper entry of an undocumented individual. He is also facing three charges of bringing an undocumented person into the U.S. at a place other than a designated port of entry; three counts of bringing an undocumented person into the U.S. causing serious bodily injury; and one count of improper entry by an undocumented person.
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/romanian-charged-with-human-smuggling-after-crash-injures-7-near-b-c-washington-border-1.6649815 

▫️Officials don't know how thousands of African migrants end up in Tijuana
SAN DIEGO — Officials in Tijuana say they are baffled as they try to figure out how thousands of migrants from Africa keep showing up in their region. Enrique Lucero, head of Tijuana’s Migrant Affairs Office, says they’ve yet to find out who is bringing the Africans to Tijuana or how they are getting here.
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/title-8/officials-dont-know-how-thousands-of-african-migrants-end-up-in-tijuana/ 

▫️The FBI Halted Probe Of Pedophile To Focus On January 6. Now He’s Accused Of Abusing A 10-Year-Old Boy
According to recently revealed documents, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) halted a probe into a suspected pedophile to focus on J6 suspects. 
“On January 6, 2021, the FBI explicitly chose to abandon a sting on a child pornographer in Virginia who was messaging with an undercover agent about having sex with a nine-year-old boy,” The Daily Wire reports. The Daily Wire reported the agency had a child pornographer and pedophile in Virginia named Brogan Welsh dead to rights in December 2020 after he texted with an undercover agent about sexually assaulting a nine-year-old boy.
» https://100percentfedup.com/fbi-halted-investigation-into-alleged-pedophile-to-target-j6-suspects-court-documents-reveal-suspect-may-have-abused-another-minor/
» https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-fbi-dropped-probe-of-pedophile-to-focus-on-january-6-now-hes-accused-of-abusing-10-year-old-boy
» https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/11/revealed-corrupt-fbi-abandoned-sting-against-child-predator/ 

▫️Jackson County man receives multiple life sentences after rape, child sex abuse conviction
JACKSON COUNTY, Ala.  — A Jackson County man convicted of rape, sodomy and multiple other sex abuse charges has been sentenced to serve multiple life sentences.
David Wayne Adams of Pisgah was arrested in September 2021 and was found guilty by a Jackson County jury on 13 different counts in August.
He appeared for a sentencing hearing on Tuesday, where the court sentenced him to 10 life sentences and two 99-year sentences with the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) and 12 months in the Jackson County Jail, as well as ordered him to pay $780,000 in fines.
Adams was found guilty of the following charges: 3 counts of sexual abuse of a child under 12; 3 counts of second-degree rape; 3 counts of second-degree sodomy; second-degree sexual abuse; 2 counts of enticing a child for immoral purposes; production of obscene matter with a child less than 17.
https://whnt.com/news/northeast-alabama/jackson-county-man-receives-multiple-life-sentences-after-rape-child-sex-abuse-conviction/ 

▫️Man wanted for over 50 sex offenses in central Pa. arrested in New York
A man wanted by Lancaster police on more than 50 offenses related to child sex abuse has been arrested. Dennis Martinez was taken into custody Tuesday in New York City. According to investigators, the charges are related to sexual offenses against three victims that happened over an extended period of time. Police said there could be more victims who have not yet come forward. They are asked to call Det. Jared Snader at 717-735-3357.
» https://www.wgal.com/article/police-arrest-man-wanted-in-lancaster-on-dozens-of-child-sex-abuse-charges/45879260#   (VIDEO)
» https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2023/11/man-wanted-for-over-50-sex-offenses-in-central-pa-arrested-in-new-york-police.html
» https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/lbop/19659/cases/dennis-martinez-apprehended-faces-charges-over-50-criminal-offenses-connection-child-sex 

▫️Arkansas Man Charged with Child Sexual Abuse, Held on $3 Million Bond
PARAGOULD, Ark. - Police arrested 45-year-old Ajai Jemnor on Nov. 14 on five counts of rape, one count of second-degree sexual assault, and one count of terroristic threatening. According to the Greene County Detention Center records, Jemnor is being held on a $3 million bond. On Nov. 13, the victim reported to the Arkansas Child Abuse Hotline that Jemnor had raped them for as much as eight years.
» https://original.newsbreak.com/@arkansas-updates-1665597/3234323837034-arkansas-man-charged-with-child-sexual-abuse-held-on-3-million-bond
» https://www.kait8.com/2023/11/17/man-accused-raping-child-years/ 

▫️Waukesha man convicted, sex trafficking acts across the country
MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Cornelius Jackson of Waukesha faced charges that included four counts of Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion, and Conspiracy to Engage in Sex Trafficking. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years. Jackson will also have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. Between 2014 and 2020, Jackson used force, threats of force, fraud, and coercion to force victims into commercial sex acts across the country, including Green Bay, Milwaukee, Waukesha, and Minnesota. He recruited them through dating apps and social media, then controlled all the money they made, with victims saying that he would strangle them to force them to comply with his demands.
» https://www.fox6now.com/news/waukesha-man-convicted-sex-trafficking-victims   (VIDEO)
» https://news.yahoo.com/waukesha-man-convicted-sex-trafficking-225443317.html    (VIDEO)
» https://www.wbay.com/2023/11/16/federal-jury-finds-waukesha-man-guilty-sex-trafficking/   (VIDEO)
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▫️Quincy church youth leader sentenced to 12 years for sexual abuse
QUINCY  - A Quincy man who was a youth leader at Hope Lutheran Church in Quincy was sentenced Friday to 12 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Court records show that 22-year-old Isaiah Mikkelson was sentenced to 6 years each for two counts of criminal sexual abuse of a victim between 13 and 18 years old.
https://www.wgem.com/2023/11/17/quincy-church-youth-leader-sentenced-12-years-sexual-abuse/   (VIDEO) 

▫️Catholic priest in Ohio sentenced to life in prison for sex-trafficking convictions
A Roman Catholic priest received a life sentence Friday for his convictions on five counts related to sex-trafficking charges in the molestation of three boys who prosecutors say he met at an Ohio preschool and coerced to continue sexual activity as adults. Rev. Michael Zacharias, 56, received concurrent life sentences for counts of sex trafficking a minor and sex trafficking of a minor by force, fraud, or coercion. He received concurrent 20-year sentences for two counts of sex trafficking of an adult by force, fraud, or coercion and one of similarly trafficking a minor.
» https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/ohio-roman-catholic-priest-life-sentence-sex-trafficking-convictions/
» https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ohio-catholic-priest-gets-life-sentence-sex-trafficking-104991942 

▫️Deadwood man receives 10 years in federal prison for Attempted Enticement of a Minor
U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a Deadwood, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet. Donald William Laun, 62, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Laun was arrested as a result of an undercover sex trafficking operation conducted during the 2022 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, targeting internet predators. Following multiple chats and sexually explicit text messages with a person Laun believed to be a 14-year-old girl, but who was in fact an undercover agent, Laun proceeded to negotiate a time and place he would meet the minor to engage in unlawful sex acts.
https://drgnews.com/2023/11/17/six-men-arrested-in-sex-trafficking-operation/ 

▫️Missoula man sentenced to prison for sex trafficking children
MISSOULA, Mont. — A 29-year-old man from Missoula is sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to two counts of sex trafficking children. Cody Alan Harrington will spend 12 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release after admitting to paying two minor girls to have sex with him over a seven-year span.
https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/missoula-man-sentenced-to-prison-for-sex-trafficking-children 

▫️Detroit mom a guardian angel to those victimized by human trafficking
Deb Ellinger runs Elli's House, a nonprofit that houses and cares for victims of human trafficking. She seeks out those who may need help while performing outreach in the city of Detroit, meeting with people and offering them help.
https://www.fox2detroit.com/video/1313248   (VIDEO) 

▫️Human Trafficking Prevention Education in Schools - edWeb
Monday, November 20, 2023:  Presented by Monica Dominguez, Coordinator of School Counseling, Socorro Independent School District (TX); Cynthia Cook, Education Manager, 3Strands Global Foundation; Charisma De Los Reyes, Program Coordinator, San Diego County Office of Education; and Ashlie Bryant, CEO and Co-Founder, 3Strands Global Foundation. In the past year, 13 states mandated training for school staff and awareness education for students on human trafficking. We invite you to learn from those who have successfully implemented prevention education in their districts. 
https://home.edweb.net/webinar/schoolsafety20231120/ 
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