2/5/2015 – Oklahoma — A Missouri felon, arrested in Oklahoma for human trafficking, has been convicted in Federal court and sentenced to prison (but not much).

JohnTV first reported on, then 24-year-old, Demetric Andreal Jackson back in April of 2014 after he was arrested in Tulsa by members of the Tulsa Police Department’s Vice Unit.

According to court paperwork, Jackson placed an ad on Backpage.com in an attempt to lure a female to Tulsa where he could prostitute her.

An unidentified woman responded to Jackson’s ad and he made arrangements to have her travel by bus from Kansas City, MO. Once she arrived in Tulsa, the woman said Jackson rented a room at the Tudor Inn and posted prostitution ads featuring her online.

The woman told investigators that Jackson setup ‘dates’ with at least 10 men. The woman said she was paid more than $1,500 total from these sexual encounters, but that Jackson had taken all of the money for himself.

Jackson was booked into the Tulsa County Jail on a $200,000 bond.

Within a week of Jackson’s arrest, Tulsa County prosecutors filed felony human trafficking charges against him.

JohnTV next reported on Jackson in July of last year after Tulsa County prosecutors dismissed their human trafficking charges against Jackson so that he could be pursued in federal court.

On July 10, according to a press release by the United States Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Oklahoma;

Jackson is charged with transporting a woman from Kansas City, Missouri, to Tulsa, with the intent that the woman engage in prostitution. If convicted, the penalty for the Mann Act is not more than 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, and the penalty for the racketeering charge is not more than five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The Tulsa Police Department is the investigative agency.

Federal court papers reveal that Jackson often goes by the street name “D” and his victim has only been identified by her initials “K.O.”

The three count federal indictment reads;

Count One; On or about April 9, 2014, in the Northern District of Oklahoma, the defendant, Demetric Andreal Jackson Jr., a/k/a “D”, in and affecting interstate commerce, knowingly transported K.O., a female person known to the Grand Jury, from Kansas City, Missouri, to Tulsa, Oklahoma, with the intent that K.O. engage in prostitution.

Count Two; On or about April 9, 2014, in the Northern District of Oklahoma, the defendant, Demetric Andreal Jackson Jr., a/k/a “D”, traveled in interstate commerce, namely from Missouri to Oklahoma, with the intent to promote, manage, establish, carry on, and facilitate the promotion, management, establishment, and carrying on, of an unlawful activity, that is, a business enterprise involving prostitution in violation of the laws of the State of Oklahoma, and thereafter performed, and attempted to perform, an act to promote, manage, establish, and carry on, and to facilitate the promotion, management, establishment, and carrying on of such unlawful activity.

Count Three; On or about April 9, 2014, in the Northern District of Oklahoma, the defendant, Demetric Andreal Jackson Jr., a/k/a “D”, used facilities in and affecting interstate commerce, namely telephone and Internet services, with the intent to promote, manage, establish, carry on, and facilitate the promotion, management, establishment, and carrying on, of an unlawful activity, that is, a business enterprise involving prostitution in violation of the laws of the State of Oklahoma, and thereafter performed, and attempted to perform, an act to promote, manage, establish, and carry on, and to facilitate the promotion, management, establishment, and carrying on of such unlawful activity.

In December, Jackson reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors wherein he pleaded guilty to a violation of the Mann Act (count one) and the gov’t agreed to drop the two other charges.

Jackson was sentenced to 21-months for willfully sex trafficking another person. To put that in perspective, that is only 17.5% of the maximum penalty he faced. There is also no mention of having to pay ANY of the up to $250,000 in fines he faced. Upon his release from prison, Jackson will be on supervised probation for three years.

Jackson will also receive credit for all the time he has already spent incarcerated and will be housed in a prison close to his home in Kansas City, MO.

Jackson is NOT required to register as a sex offender.

Remember this light sentence the next time the federal government claims to take the sex trafficking of others seriously.

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2/6/2015 – Troy, Missouri — Family members of a six-year old boy allegedly kidnapped the child and threatened to sell him as a sex slave — and all to teach him a lesson about ‘Stranger Danger.’

Top/Bottom; Hupp, Brewer, Kroutil, Firoved.

According to media reports, a Missouri mother became concerned that her young boy was simply “too nice” to strangers and decided to employ other family members to teach her child a lesson.

Police arrested the child’s 25-year-old mother, Elizabeth Hupp, and charged her with felony kidnapping, felony abuse and neglect of a child.

Also arrested were the child’s 58-year-old grandmother, Rose Brewer; the aunt, Denise Kroutil; and the aunt’s co-worker, Nathan Firoved.

According to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, the unidentified six-year-old was lured into Firoved’s truck after getting off the school bus. The boy was then tied up, threatened with a gun, and taken to a basement.

Once in the basement, Firoved allegedly took the boy’s pants off, told he would never see his family again, and that he would be nailed to a wall and sold into sexual slavery.

Investigators said the boy’s hands had been tied behind his back and his feet were bound. The young victim’s head was also covered so that he couldn’t see that he was being taken into his own basement.

The boy was reportedly left in the basement for some time before being untied, taken upstairs and lectured about ‘stranger danger.’

The child was placed into protective custody after he confided in school officials as to what had happened to him two days before.

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2/6/2015 – Norman, OK — An Oklahoma sex offender and child rapist has done exactly what JohnTV predicted; reoffended while on probation and been sent back to prison – but no thanks to Cleveland County District Attorney Greg Mashburn, who did everything in his power to keep this rapist out of jail.

JohnTV has been reporting on 30-year-old Teddy Dean Davis ever since he was arrested in 2011 for for the unimaginable rape of a six-year-old autistic boy after meeting the boy’s father on Craigslist.

We will spare you the horrific details in this article (the crime is detailed in linked reports).

In April of 2012 Davis pleaded guilty and was given a ridiculously lax sentence of only 75-weeks in prison and required to register as a sex offender.

To put Davis’ sentence in perspective – according to Oklahoma law Davis’ punishment should have been as follows…

…when the child is under twelve (12) years of age at the time the offense is committed, and in such case the person shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than twenty-five (25) years.

Within weeks of Davis’ release from prison, as predicted by JohnTV, he reportedly reoffended by using drugs, engaging in child porn and utilizing websites like Craigslist.

Despite Davis’ long criminal history and sex offender status, DA Mashburn allowed Davis to be granted bail.

On Jan 7, Davis’ probation was revoked in full and he was ordered to serve eight-years in prison.

Teddy Dean Davis’ various mugshots.

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2/6/2015 – Salt Lake City, UT — A Utah lawmaker has introduced a bill that would allow his state to execute individuals convicted of child sex trafficking.

State Rep. Paul Ray admits his proposal would have several serious hurdles to overcome before his idea could become law. Detractors claim Ray is simply wasting time with a headline grabbing longshot.

Speaking of longshots by Ray, his proposal to bring back the firing squad passed a committee hearing this week by one vote.

Utah Republican Gov. Gary Herbert on Thursday didn’t indicate whether he’d sign such a measure.

Speaking at a general news conference, he said “child trafficking is, for most of us, just so heinous we can’t even hardly comprehend it.” But he isn’t certain it rises to the level of capital punishment.

Currently, the U.S. death penalty requires a crime that involves a person’s death or treason.

In 2010, an Oklahoma measure to allow the death penalty for a felon later convicted of raping a young child was defeated.

While JohnTV will continue to follow this proposal, we agree with the critics that this is more about drawing attention to Ray than it is about actually protecting children.

Locally, its absurd to think our prosecutors would even file child sex trafficking cases against defendants if there was a chance they could be executed….

Just this week we reported on how Cleveland County District Attorney Greg Mashburn agreed to allow a previously convicted felon to serve only 75-weeks in prison for raping a sex-year-old autistic child with the concept of the child’s father.

We also reported on how a former Oklahoma County jailer’s cell phone was used to photograph a 14-year-old girl and then post ads to Backpage.com prostituting her – listing the jailer’s personal cell phone in the ad. The former jailer – who pleaded guilty to smuggling contraband into the jail – was never arrested or charged in the child sex trafficking incident.

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2/10/2015 – Del City, OK — A Del City ‘mother’ has been arrested for unspeakable crimes; beastiality and producing and distributing child pornography. To make matters worse, it is alleged that she was abusing her own young children – one of which suffers from Down Syndrome.

29-year-old Angelique Nicole Mendell was arrested as a result of a joint effort by the Oklahoma City Police Department’s Predator Interdiction Team and the FBI during an undercover operation targeting individuals engaging in child sexual exploitation.

According to a probable cause affidavit submitted last Thursday, law enforcement began investigating Mendell after undercover officers in Pennsylvania managed to assume a group of identities belonging to “a known child pornography distributor.”

In late January an undercover officer was corresponding with a phedophile in southern Oklahoma that made reference to Mendell. The unnamed phedophile told the officer that he found a “…BD girl with [a] 2 [year old] and 10 [year old] boy and now she wants me to fuck her 14 [year old] girl… but who knows. She thinks we are in love.”

Documents clarify that “BD” is a reference to a Beast Dating website (beastiality or zoophilia – the activity of having sex with nonhuman animals).

WARNING: What Follows is Graphic in Nature

The conversations between the southern Oklahoma phedophile and the undercover officer continued…

Officer: “…has she [Mendell] shown you the 2 yo to prove [that he exists]?”

Phedophile: “[the 2 year old] is the one fucking her [with] the dildo and she is sucking a dog cock in front of him on Kik … I talk to her on the phone. Yeah she is 100% real. She’s in OKC … Remember the Kik videos? That’s her.”

After their exchange, the undercover officer received copies of the videos in question and began corresponding with Mendell directly.

According to the undercover officer, Mendell disclosed that she has three children, a teenage girl, a 10-year-old boy and a 3-year-old boy. She also allegedly shared that she sexually molests both of her sons. Specifically, she allegedly admitted to masturbating the 10-year-old and to making him perform oral sex on her. Mendell claimed to have tried to perform oral sex on the 10-year-old but that he had repeatedly pushed her away.

Mendell allegedly told the undercover officer that she’s not worried about the 10-year-old disclosing the abuse because he is a special needs child and is unable to speak. Further investigation has revealed that Mendell’s 10-year-old suffers from Down Syndrome.

Mendell also reportedly admitted to the undercover officer that she has sexual intercourse with her Chihuahua and is currently ‘training’ her Rottweiler.

The probable cause affidavit goes into further detail that JohnTV has no stomach to disclose here.

Mendell maintains numerous profiles on traditional social media and specialized deviant sex sites.

According to a now deleted Facebook account (see image below), Mendell often posted pictures of her two sons and was a member several Facebook animal groups – including groups that advertise pets for sale/free and several groups dedicated to Sugar Gliders.

Mendell was arrested last Friday and booked into the Oklahoma County Jail on a $250,000 bond – where she remains as of this posting.

According to public records, Mendell owns a home at 2212 Connie Drive in Del City.

Criminal charges have not yet been filed but are expected soon.

JohnTV will continue to follow this case.

If you have any information regarding Mendell, please contact the Oklahoma City Police Department.

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2/10/2015 – Tulsa, OK — A Coffeyville police officer is currently on unpaid leave after he was arrested in Tulsa, allegedly trying to solicit prostitution.

According to published reports, 27-year-old Eric Eugene Wright, of Yates Center, Kansas was arrested by members of the Tulsa Police Department’s Vice Unit, last Wednesday, after he reportedly responded to an online escort ad.

Arresting officers claim that Wright had specifically requested the undercover officer wear heels and tan stockings when they set up a meeting at a Tulsa area motel.

Wright was arrested after placing $120 on a table in the motel room.

Wright was released after posting bond and is scheduled to appear in Tulsa County court on Feb. 11.

Coffeyville Police Chief Tony Celeste was quoted as saying Wright has been with the department less than six months.

Last Friday a misdemeanor charge of engaging in prostitution was filed in Tulsa County.

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The following is a list of individuals who were arrested on prostitution related charges (or who have a history of prostitution charges) during the week of 1/19/2015 – 1/25/2015 according to public records maintained by the Oklahoma County Jail and the Oklahoma City Police Department.

Arrested Jan. 18, 2015

1. Tiquana Tannell Johnson, DOB 9/7/1979, reportedly resides in OKC, OK.
   Arrested by members of the Oklahoma City Police Department on Oklahoma County warrants for conspiracy to distribute CDS and offering to engage in prostitution.

Arrested Jan. 19, 2015

1. Rosebud Denice Benally, DOB 8/17/1992, reportedly resides in OKC, OK.
   Arrested by members of the Oklahoma City Police Department on Oklahoma County warrants for felony computer crimes and offering to engage in prostitution.
2. Jessica Baldwin, DOB 9/8/1993, reportedly resides in Lawton, OK.
   Arrested by members of the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office on Oklahoma County warrants for felony computer crimes and offering to engage in prostitution.

Arrested Jan. 20, 2015

1. Barbara Denise Bank, DOB 5/4/1993, reportedly resides in OKC, OK.
   Arrested by members of the Edmond Police Department on Oklahoma County warrants for felony computer crimes and offering to engage in prostitution.

Arrested Jan. 21, 2015

1. Kimberly Joyce Walker, DOB 6/15/1973, reportedly resides in OKC, OK.
   Arrested by members of the Oklahoma City Police Department on Oklahoma County warrants for misdemeanor offering to engage in prostitution.
2. Albert Donald Carbajal, DOB 10/7/1961, reportedly resides in OKC, OK.
   Arrested by members of the Oklahoma City Police Department on Oklahoma County cost warrants for false impersonation and aiding and abetting lewdness.
3. Chunmei O. Zhang, DOB 7/31/1965, Oriental female, reportedly resides in Yukon, OK.
   Arrested by members of the Oklahoma City Police Department on a new charge of offering to engage in prostitution out of Canadian County.

Arrested Jan 22, 2015

1. Antonio Xivir Perez (Poz), DOB 11/4/1981, reportedly resides in OKC, OK.
   Arrested by members of the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office on a 11/3/2014 arrest for offering to engage in prostitution (filed 1/9/2015).
2. Ollie Marie Hill, DOB 1/29/1972, reportedly resides in Midwest City, OK.
   Arrested by members of the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office on an Oklahoma County warrant stemming from a 8/19/2009 arrest for offering to engage in prostitution.
3. Jason Baustert, DOB 6/9/1975, reportedly resides in Okarchie, OK.
   Arrested by members of the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office for ‘surrender on bond’ in regard to a 8/10/2011 arrest and charges of engaging in an act of lewdness.

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2/11/2015 – Altus, OK — An Altus teen accused of kidnapping and prostituting a younger teen has had her criminal charges dismissed.

JohnTV first reported on the arrest of 17-year-old Dixie Star Shirley back in Oct. of last year after she and seven others were arrested and charged with the sexual exploitation of a 13-year-old.

According to court records, Altus police began their investigation in 2013, after they were alerted to a troubled youth that was missing from school and having run-ins with the law.

Police claim that when they identified the young girl and met with her, she appeared malnourished and lethargic.

When the young girl eventually opened up to investigators, she revealed that several people in the Altus area were responsible for her abuse; Dixie Shirley, Keith Lindsey, Aspin Alexander, Petulia Theadman, David Guerra, Derrick Williams Jr., Carlos Mata Sr. and Bruce Puente. (see original story to follow each defendant’s criminal charges)

According to published reports and court records, the young victim’s ordeal started in Jan. of 2013. That’s when investigators claim that then 17-year old Altus resident Dixie Star Shirley (see photo top left and below) forced the younger teen to have sex with multiple people in exchange for money, meth and even trivial items like cigarette lighters.

Dixie Shirley (Facebook)

Court paperwork recounts how 41-year-old Guerra taught the young girl how to inject meth into her own arm and then engaged in “uncountable” sexual acts with her.

Dixie Shirley via Social Media

On Sep. 25 of last year, Shirley was charged in Jackson County with kidnapping and inducing a minor to engage in prostitution.

No word as to why Shirley was not charged with the more serious crime of child sex trafficking.

On Dec. 30, prosecutors moved to dismiss the criminal charges against Shirley.

A note in the court record indicates the state may refile the inducing a minor to engage in prostitution charge and allow Shirley receive probation.

The move by prosecutors to let this alleged kidnapper and trafficker go free is a sharp contrast to Assistant Police Chief Bill Perkins’ comments that this was a classic case of predators feeding on their prey. And, that he’s certain had they not intervened that the young victim would have eventually died at the hands of her abusers.

No word yet on wether or not prosecutors plan on letting the victim’s other alleged abusers walk free in the near future.

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2/13/2015 – Tulsa, OK — (as reported on Fox23.com by Sara Whaley) Tulsa police told FOX23 they’ve busted prostitution and human trafficking rings at nearly every hotel and motel in town.

The Tulsa Police Department said human trafficking affects everyone in the city. A local hotel manager told FOX23 he’s on board to do whatever it takes to keep the crime at bay.

Hotel desk clerks are busy, and they see a lot. Soon, some will be trained to see even more.

“It’s definitely going to help the whole world and us too,” said Chandula Patel, general manager at Days Inn.

Patel is the general manager of Days Inn Southern Hills near 91^st and Lewis, a hotel franchised by the Wyndham Hotel Group.

That group, known as the largest hotel company in the world, will soon train employees how to spot human trafficking.

“Human trafficking is a problem,” said Sgt. Todd Evans with the Tulsa police vice unit.

“Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a major city and convergence point for several major interstates and in that regard there absolutely trafficking occurring,” said Elizabeth Pfenning, with the Polaris Project.

That’s a group trying to stop human trafficking, or what they call modern day slavery.

Polaris will be the ones training employees like Shawn Coffey.

The workers at Days Inn believe they already run a really safe place for people to stay when they come to Tulsa. But they said they aren’t going to turn down any new knowledge to keep people who aren’t supposed to be in their rooms out.

“Everybody will be trained if it’s possible, everyone will be trained,” said Patel.

And they won’t be alone.

Thirteen other hotels in Tulsa also franchised by Wyndham will get the same opportunity.

Evans said it won’t be easy to teach people to spot human trafficking.

“This crime, is a crime that is purposely hidden from the public. It’s hard to figure it out,” he said.

He is on board though with anyone trying to help put an end to it.

Because he said everyone in town deals with the harsh effects of the crime.

“With prostitution comes drug dealing, comes theft, comes vandalism, there are other crimes that come along with this,” he said.

Evans said no part of Tulsa is exempt.

“It just brings down a part of the city when it’s happening,” said Evans.

“I don’t expect to get a whole flood of new cases because of this training. But like I said, certainly, any type of education of hotel staff of what to watch for is going to be good for us,” said Patel.

Polaris said they will teach employees to look for red flags like guests who pay with cash or who extend their stay on a day to day basis.

They will also look for a lot of foot traffic coming in and out of one room and guests who appear fearful, nervous, or overly submissive.

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2/13/2015 – Tulsa, OK — (as reported at Tulsaworld.com by Debbie Jackson & Hilary Pittman) From 1936 until 1979, Pauline Lambert operated the May Rooms, Tulsa’s most enduring house of ill repute.

1952 Tulsa Tribune Article

Lambert’s domain occupied a catacomb of second-story rooms in the seedy buildings of East First Street between Detroit and Elgin avenues in downtown Tulsa.

Under Police Commissioner Russell Cobb, the police department had recognized prostitution in a defined area and required the women to take periodic medical tests under the threat of arrest for vagrancy.

‘May Rooms’ historical photo from 1953.

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The following is a list of individuals who were arrested on prostitution related charges (or who have a history of prostitution charges) during the week of 1/26/2015 – 2/1/2015 according to public records maintained by the Oklahoma County Jail and the Oklahoma City Police Department.

Arrested Jan. 27, 2015

1. Kelly Lynn McElhaney, DOB 7/19/1994, White female, reportedly resides in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
   Arrested by members of the Oklahoma City Police Department on new charges for felony computer crimes and offering to engage in prostitution.
2. Aaron Jamal Walton, DOB 3/23/1992, Black male, reportedly resides in the 2300 block of Orchard St. in Springdale, Arkansas.
   Arrested by members of the Oklahoma City Police Department on new charges for possession of marijuana and procuring prostitution.

Arrested Jan. 29, 2015

1. Amey Carol Shinn, DOB 12/29/1991, reportedly resides in Bluejacket, OK.
   Arrested by members of the Oklahoma City Police Department on a warrant for revocation of a 2013 deferred sentence for concealing stolen property, felony computer crimes and offering to engage in prostitution.

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2/13/2015 – Virginia — A couple out of Iowa have been arrested and criminally charged with the cross-country sex trafficking and torture of a woman for their financial gain after law enforcement was alerted by a vigilant truck driver.

According to a recently filed federal case, Aldair Hodza, 36, and Laura E. Sorensen, 31, abducted a 20-year-old woman in their home state of Iowa in Dec. of last year.

The victim, identified only a “J.B.”, was rescued after a trucker at a Pilot truck stop in New Kent County called police. The truck driver told 911 that he had observed a young adult woman who repeatedly was looking out the window of a tan-colored Sun Voyager R.V. parked near his rig and he feared she was in danger.

Deputies with the New Kent County Sheriff’s Office responded to the truck stop and found J.B. to extremely frightened, malnourished, quiet with hunched shoulders. J.B. told responding officers that she had been deprived food and water for some time. Investigators say the young victim broke down in tears after being separated from Hodza and Sorensen and begged not to be retuned to the couple.

Hodza and Sorensen claimed they were on a cross-country trip to visit Hodza’s daughter.

The allegations against Hodza and Sorensen are documented in detail in a Feb. 9, federal criminal complaint.

J.B. told investigators that she met Hodza and Sorensen on Dec. 19 in Des Moines and that she was friends with Sorensen’s sister. J.B. claims she was lured into the R.V. after she was told Sorensen’s sister was inside – which she wasn’t.

J.B. said that Hodza and Sorensen gave her alcohol and drugs, had sex with her and refused to let her leave.

The couple told J.B. that she was going to work as a prostitute for them and that if she refused, fled or told police, that they would harm or kill her or her family.

Sorensen then used her cell phone to take photos of J.B. and post prostitution ads on Craigslist.com.

J.B. claims she was first forced to have sex with ‘Johns’ that responded to the online ads for prostitution while in Iowa. J.B. told investigators that Sorensen negotiated the price for sex and collected the money from the ‘Johns.’

All three began traveling to Virginia on Christmas Eve of last year.  J.B. said she was repeatedly forced to prostitute herself so Hodza and Sorensen would have money for gas and food.

J.B. told investigators that she was tortured by the couple and sexually abused. J.B.’s claims were substantiated when health officials found numerous physical injuries that matched J.B.’s recounting of being burned all about her body and having nails driven through her feet.

Officials determined that Hodza and Sorensen would heat up a key on the R.V.’s stove and then push it into various part of her body; abdomen, back and groin. Upon search, keys were located by investigators that appeared discolored from extreme heat.

Health officials noted several puncture wounds on the tops of J.B.’s feet that were consistent with nails being hammered into them.

J.B. also had physical wounds inside her vaginal area that supported her claims of being raped with various objects, including a large flashlight.

When detectives searched the couple’s cell phones they found text messages related to J.B.’s prostitution, nude photos of J.B. and even photos where J.B. appeared restrained and gaged. Another photo appears to show someone spraying Clorox bleach onto an open and bleeding wound on J.B.’s body.

On Feb. 9, Hodza and Sorensen were charged in federal court with sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion.

JohnTV will continue to follow this case.

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2/14/2015 – New Castle, Delaware — A former star of the MTV reality show ’16 and Pregnant’ has reportedly been busted for street prostitution.

According to multiple media reports, 21-year-old Valerie Fairman was one of seven other women arrested in a New Castle, Delaware street prostitution sting. Police reportedly conducted the sting after receiving numerous citizen complaints of solicitation going on in the area.

Police claim Fairman was arrested after she agreed to perform a specific sexual act in exchange for cash.

Police have not released any other information regarding Fairman’s arrest.

Firman became popular on season two of MTV’s ’16 and Pregnant’ after several confrontations with her ‘baby daddy’, Matt and the near miscarriage of her baby daughter, Neveah.

This is not Fairman’s first run-in with the law. In 2012 Fairman was criminally charged with two counts of theft. Fairman was also charged with receiving stolen property. Lastly, Fairman also reportedly faced two charges of access device fraud.

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2/15/2014 – New Jersey — A sleeping hooker in North Jersey reportedly leads to the arrest of a Jenks, Oklahoma man for soliciting prostitution.

According to police records, on Jan 19 Chester police questioned a Raquel Castillo, 27, of Columbus, Ohio, after she was found sleeping in the parking lot of a business on Main Street. Castillo was subsequently arrested after it was revealed she had an outstanding prostitution warrant in Guttenberg, New Jersey. Castillo was released from police custody pending a court appearance.

Chester is a borough/township of the state of New Jersey.

When investigators Googled a telephone number provided by Castillo they found the number had been recently used in prostitution ads posted to Backpage.com.

An undercover officer contacted Castillo the following day, pretending to be a ‘John’ responding to her online ad. Soon thereafter a meeting was arranged and Castillo was arrested again after she agreed to provide specific sexual acts in exchange for money.

Reportedly while be interviewed by police, Castillo admitted that she had been in Chester earlier that week meeting with a ‘John’ and that the two had engaged in prostitution.

Castillo allegedly identified the ‘John’ as 58-year-old Michael McSherry of Jenks, Oklahoma.

Armed with McSherry’s name and contact information, an undercover female police officer contacted him, pretending to be an escort, and made arrangements to meet with McSherry in person.

McSherry was arrested after he met with the female undercover officer and reportedly solicited sex for money. During McSherry’s interview with police, he allegedly admitted to using several escorts while staying in the Chester Borough.

Police expanded their sting and arrested four more individuals over the next 48-hours.

Those arrested have been identified as;

1. Raquel A. Castillo, 27, of Columbus, Ohio. – Prostitution
2. Michael McSherry, 58, of Jenks, Oklahoma. – Prostitution
3. Lara C. Chavarria, 31, of Newark, New Jersey. – Prostitution
4. Ashley N. Perdomo, 24, of Newark, New Jersey. – Passenger in Chavarria’s vehicle. Charged with drug crimes.
5. Courtney A. Robinson, 23, of N. Plainfield, New Jersey. – Prostitution
6. Kian Bond, 23, of N. Plainfield, New Jersey. – Outstanding warrant for driving while suspended.
7. Jamie Lynn Brown, 35, of Pine Hill, New Jersey. – Prostitution
8. Vivian Albanese, 55, of Lyndhurst, New Jersey. – Prostitution

According to police, all of the females arrested on prostitution complaints were given information on social services and other resources available throughout the state.

None of the women reported being victims of human trafficking.

Chester Police Chief David Jara made the following comment about the prostitution sting;

“The purpose of this operation was to make it known that Chester Borough Police Department will not allow prostitutes posing as ‘Escorts’ to work within the borders of Chester Borough. Chester Borough is a tight knit, family oriented community. Our residents deserve the peace of mind that incidents like this are not occurring in Chester Borough.”

If you know McSherry; his marital status, employment or information regarding his alleged involvement in prostitution, please contact JohnTV.

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The following is a list of individuals who were arrested on prostitution related charges (or who have a history of prostitution charges) during the week of 2/1/2015 – 2/8/2015 according to public records maintained by the Oklahoma County Jail and the Oklahoma City Police Department.

Arrested Feb. 4, 2015

1. Awana Delois Norman, DOB 7/14/1988, reportedly resides in Oroville, CA.
   Arrested by members of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, Human Trafficking Unit, on new charges of felony computer crimes and offering to engage in prostitution.

Arrested Feb. 5, 2015

1. Katrina Marie Madden, DOB 11/1/1989, reportedly resides in Oklahoma City, OK.
   Arrested by members of the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office on an Oklahoma County warrant for felony computer crimes and offering to engage in prostitution.

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2/15/2015 – Seattle — An Oklahoma man was arrested earlier this month after it was alleged that he negotiated with a woman in Washington state to have sex with her teenage daughter in order to take her virginity.

US Marshals and local law enforcement took 38-year-old Bryan Murphy into custody in Miami, Oklahoma two weeks ago.

According to court documents, Murphy is an over-the-road truck driver who lives in Miami, OK with his wife, but often travels across the country.

Investigators allege that Murphy met a woman in the Washington state area online and struck up a romantic relationship with her – The woman was identified in court documents as Mary Miles, 46.

Prosecutors say that in Jan. Miles took her 14-year-old daughter with her when she went to meet Murphy at a Washington state truck stop in the North Bend area. Once there, Miles and Murphy began having sex in his truck. At some point Murphy allegedly grabbed the 14-year-old’s leg, which “freaked her out.”

The young girl fled from Murphy’s truck and ran several miles to her middle school where she contacted her 17-year-old sister. The two girls then called police – at which time the younger sister told police her mother had been pressuring her to have sex with Murphy.

Detectives located Miles and interviewed her the next day. A search of her cell phone revealed text conversations with Murphy where they allegedly discussed the possibility of Murphy paying to have sex with either of the woman’s teen daughters. Reportedly Murphy preferred to pay for sex with the 14-year-old because she was still a virgin.

Further investigation revealed that Murphy had also promised the mother that he would help pay her rent and even marry her.

One text exchange quoted Murphy as stating, “If you can get one of the girls to agree to spread their legs for me, then yes.” Murphy allegedly continued by telling Miles he had bought her a wedding ring and that he would marry her “the day after I pop [the 14-year-old’s] cherry.” To which Miles reportedly responded, “Ok, you can have [the 14-year-old].”

Miles allegedly admitted to investigators that she offered her daughter’s virginity to Murphy, but claimed her daughter wanted $400 in exchange.

After the mother’s arrest, US Marshals in Oklahoma began looking for Murphy – who was taken into custody after law enforcement converged upon his mobile home.

Investigators stated that Murphy’s wife in Oklahoma had no clue what had gone on in Washington state.

Murphy is currently being held in the Ottawa County Jail awaiting transfer to Washington state, where he is facing one count of commercial sex abuse of a minor.

JohnTV will continue to follow this case.

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2/18/2015 – OKC, OK — It has been over two and a half years since federal and local law enforcement conducted Operation Cross County VI (OCC VI), targeting pimps, traffickers, ‘Johns’, and child victims – after millions of dollars spent and plenty of press releases proclaiming victory over child traffickers, what do the fallout numbers really tell us?

Operation Cross County is touted as a national sting orchestrated by the FBI as a part of the Bureau’s Innocence Lost National Initiative with the goal of identifying child victims of prostitution and sex trafficking.

In June of 2012 OCC VI was conducted in 57 cities around the country with the help of state and local law enforcement and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC).

According to a June 25, 2012 FBI press release entitled, “Nearly 80 juveniles recovered in nationwide operation targeting underage prostitution;”

Hundreds of FBI special agents partnered with thousands of local police officers, deputy sheriffs, state troopers, and other law enforcement personnel throughout the United States this past week, arresting those responsible for exploiting underage children through prostitution. The sixth iteration of Operation Cross Country, a three-day law enforcement action, led to the recovery of 79 children. Additionally, 104 pimps were arrested by local and state law enforcement on a variety of prostitution related charges.

Below is a video, posted to the FBI’s official YouTube channel, described as “raw footage from Operation Cross Country VI operations in Sacramento, California; Shreveport/Bossier City, Louisiana; Toledo, Ohio; and Atlanta, Georgia.

JohnTV was the first to cover Operation Cross Country VI, locally in 2012, when we posted a June 25 article identifying those arrested and their subsequent criminal charges (if any).

Locally, during the six day sting, agents with the FBI and undercover officers with the Oklahoma City Police Department’s Vice Unit arrested 52 people on primarily crimes related to pimping, prostituting or soliciting.

The wheels of justice in Oklahoma County move painfully slow. Even over two and a half years later, some of those criminally charged have still not resolved their cases. But, fortunately for us, most have and those numbers are compiled below.

Visual representation of the 48 criminally charged in Operation Cross Country VI

Alleged ‘Johns’ Arrested: 6

Ramolfo (Arnulfo) Diaz-Garcia, Hispanic male, 26; Marco Minjarez, Hispanic male, 19; Jose Adrian Saldana, Hispanic male, 19; Quintin Reginald White, black male, 46; Jesus Alejos-Munoz, Hispanic male, 33; Darrel Booth, white male, 54.

Average Age: 32-years-old

Oldest: 54-years-old

Youngest: 19-years-old

Percentage of those arrested that resulted in criminal charges: 100% (6/6)

Percentage of those criminally charged that resulted in convictions: 83.33% (5/6 with the 6th case still active).

Severity of the criminal charges (misdemeanor vs. felony vs. federal): 100% charged with misdemeanors.

Race: 4-Hispanic (66.66%), 1-Black (16.66%), 1-White (16.66%).

Jail Sentences: 1 30-day sentence (time served, defendant never made bail)

Average Fine: $56 ($0-$200)

Deferred vs. Suspended vs. Jail Sentences: 1 Jailed (never made bond), 4 deferred (6-24 months).

Community Service: 2 given 40-hours of community service.

Alleged Pimps Arrested: 10

Timatress Tenaka Barnes, Black female, 25; Sarah Mae Driskill, White female, 24; Albert C. Foreman, Black male, 22; Michael A. Hopkins, Black male, 44; Donald Eugene Hughes, Black male, 22; Ronald Harold Jay Jr., Black male, 36; Michelle McCord, White female, 21; Dathon Todd Pickard, White male, 29; Curtis Lee Ray, Black male, 57; Bradley Dennis Wilson, Black male, 26.

Charges ranged from aiding and abetting prostitution, inducing a minor into prostitution, transporting a minor for prostitution, to maintaining a house of prostitution.

Average Age: 30-years-old

Oldest: 57-years-old

Youngest: 22-years-old

Percentage of those arrested that resulted in criminal charges: 90% (9/10).

Percentage of those criminally charged that resulted in convictions: 66.66% (6/9 – 3 were dismissed)

Severity of the criminal charges (misdemeanor vs. felony vs. federal): 77.77% misdemeanor (7/9), 22.22% felony (2/9).

Race: 7-Black (70%), 3-White (30%).

Gender: 7-male (70%), 3-Female (30%).

Jail Sentences: 0%

Average Fine: $71 ($20-$150).

Deferred vs. Suspended vs. Jail Sentences: 1-no charges filed (10%), 3-charges dismissed (30%), 5-deferred (50%), 1 received a $50 fine only and no probation (10%).

Community Service: 2 received 40-hours of community service (33.33% 2/6).

Alleged Prostitutes Arrested: 32

Jessica Baldwin, Black female, 18; Tresa Rachele Benson, Black female, 50; Lindsey Ann Bowen, White female, 30; Brittany Nicole Burgess, White female, 20; Raven Mikel Capers, Black female, 19; Autumn Noel Corbitt, White female, 21; Sharmaine Alysia Denise (Rainge), Black female, 21; Bianca Nicholle Edson, White female, 22; Brandi Michelle Franken, White female, 37; Janet Alexandra Gahl, Black female, 20; Brittany Nicole Garvin, White female, 21; Donna Grace West, Native American, 56; Janelle Christine Hathaway, White female, 26; Laurel Elizabeth Johnson, White female, 23; Lauren Regina King, White female, 24; Jamie Renee Kortemeier, White female, 29; Donna Lee Minchue, White female, 28; Deangila Keshell Mitchell, Black female, 20; Jerrica Nicole Moore, Black female, 19; Rachel A. Nelson, White female, 32; Deven Denise Ochoa, White female, 24; Kimberly Kay Payne, White female, 33; Andrea Latrice Pierson, Black female, 20; Mercedas Angelica Pope, Black female, 19; Angela Marie Qetlah, White female, 22; Nicole Renee Redcross, Black female, 21; Jessica Ann Shinn, White female, 18; Alicia Raye Southern, White female, 25; Sarah Marie Streich, White female, 31; Yvette O. Torres, Hispanic female, 27; Jessica Ann Watkins, Black female, 24; Lauren Nicole Williams, White female, 20. (court records also show two unidentified juvenile females taken into custody)

Average Age: 25-years-old

Oldest: 56-years-old

Youngest: 18-years-old (not including the three alleged child prostitutes).

Percentage of those arrested that resulted in criminal charges: 90.62% (29/32)

Percentage of those criminally charged that resulted in convictions: 89.65% (26/29 with 3 cases still active).

Severity of the criminal charges (misdemeanor vs. felony vs. federal): 13.79% misdemeanor (4/29), 86.20% felony (25/29).

Race: 34.48% Black (10/29), 58.62% White (17/29), 3.44% Native American (1/29), 3.44% Hispanic (1/29).

Gender: 100% female

Jail Sentences: 10.34% (3/29) 60-days, 70-days, and 5-years (combined with an unrelated murder charge).

Average Fine: $63 ($0-$100).

Deferred vs. Suspended vs. Jail Sentences: 11.53% Convicted (3/26), 65.38% deferred (17/26), 23.07% suspended (6/26).

Community Service: 46.15% (12/26) received community service. Ranged from 40-150 hours.

*The arrests above account for 48 individuals of the 52 originally reported. Two additional juveniles and two individuals who were arrested but not charged with prostitution related crimes were omitted from the stats above. Additionally, law enforcement claims an additional juvenile was also detained during this investigation. 

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3/2/2015 – OKC, OK — Three women from Wichita arrested late last year in OKC, after advertising online as a “Mother and Daughter” sexual duo, have pleaded guilty in Oklahoma County court.

JohnTV originally reported on the arrest of Barbara Wingate, 62, Misty Rhymes, 37, and Angie Estrada, 24, back in Nov. of last year.

According to court records, on Nov. 10, Wingate and Rhymes posted an ad in the Oklahoma City escort section of Backpage.com advertising “Last Day!! Last Chance! Mother and Adult Daughter!! Call Now!!!” (see ad below).

‘Mother/Daughter’ sex ad that led to the arrest of Rhymes and Wingate.

The ad apparently raised some concern with members of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (Human Trafficking Unit) and OKC Vice so they set up a sting and replied to the ad.

An undercover officer was directed to room #217 of the Quality Inn & Suites near I-40 and S. Meridian Ave. in south Oklahoma City.

The trio was arrested after at least one of the women agreed all three would engage in sex acts with the officer for $250.

On Nov. 19 all three were criminally charged in Oklahoma County with misdemeanor engaging in an act of lewdness.

No reason has ever been given as to why the three were not additionally charged with felony computer crimes as most Internet prostitutes are.

On Feb. 21 the case was officially closed after all three pleaded guilty as charged.

In case you were wondering – JohnTV hasn’t found any evidence that any of the three women are actually blood relatives (let alone mother/daughter).

Wingate, who actually pleaded guilty first on Dec. 03, was sentenced to 364 days deferred, ordered to obtain a ‘health check’, pay a $30 fine, $30 VCA and court costs.

Barbara Jane Wingate

Rhymes and Estrada were also sentenced to 364 days deferred, but given almost 7x the fine and VCA at $200 each, plus court costs. No mention in the court record of either Rhymes or Estrada being ordered to obtain a health check.

Misty Marie Rhymes

Angie Arlene Estrada

You may have noticed that all three criminal defendants received deferred sentences that fall one day short of an actual calendar year. There’s a reason for that – and like prostitution – its all about the money.

You see, all three were given Oklahoma County District Attorney ‘supervised‘ deferred sentences. And, that can only happen if your term of supervision is less than a year (even by one day).

You’re probably thinking, “That’s cool. I prefer they be supervised so they are getting any help they need, made to get a legal job, and are checking in with whomever at the DA’s office is supervising them.”

Well, think again. Oklahoma County District Attorney ‘supervision‘ is in name only. There is no ‘supervisor‘, no requirements, no check-ins, etc. “DA Supervision” simply means you send a $40 check to Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater each month. At the end of your ‘supervision‘ you simply sign a piece of paper that says you didn’t commit any crimes while being ‘supervised.’ The defendant has to let the DA know because the DA doesn’t have a clue, because the DA isn’t really supervising anything beyond whether or not your check cleared.

As we mentioned in our followup article, as is often the case, prostitution (and petty drug) arrests are often more about the cash grab for law enforcement and less about actually ‘saving’ anyone or making the community a safer place.

*Note to self; Sometime in the near future, file a Freedom of Information request with the DA’s office to see how much ‘supervision’ fees are collected in a year and where does that money go.

All three defendants listed home addresses in the Wichita, KS area and apparently travel through several states posting prostitution related ads. Some boasting the mother and daughter duo and some promoting Rhymes by herself.

Since their Nov. 2014 arrest, JohnTV found a ‘review’ by some Kansas fat slob, sorry excuse of a ‘man’ who goes by the name ParkerPlayer on an Internet forum dedicated to promoting prostitution. PP apparently solicited the ‘mother/daughter’ pair back in Oct. of last year (just before their arrest in OKC) and PP just couldn’t wait to post a review of his $200, 22-minute conquest (see below – click image for larger version)…

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The following is a list of individuals who were arrested on prostitution related charges (or who have a history of prostitution charges) during the week of 2/9/2015 – 2/15/2015 according to public records maintained by the Oklahoma County Jail and the Oklahoma City Police Department.

Arrested Feb. 10, 2015

1. Justin Bagley, DOB 1/9/1974, reportedly resides in OKC, OK. Arrested by members of the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office on an out of custody warrant (application to revoke) stemming from a 2012 conviction for felony possession of CDS, and offering to engage in prostitution.
2. Tiffany Lynn Monique Forester, DOB 9/11/1984, White female, reportedly resides in OKC, OK. Arrested by members of the Oklahoma City Police Department on new charges, a municipal charge and an Oklahoma County warrant for felony computer crimes and offering to engage in prostitution.

Arrested Feb. 11, 2015

1. Deanna Knapp, DOB 10/30/1982, reportedly resides in OKC, OK. Arrested by members of OCPD on a failure to comply warrant stemming from an active 2014 case for felony computer crimes and offering to engage in prostitution.

Arrested Feb. 12, 2015

1. Crystal Irene Heard, DOB 6/1/1982, reportedly resides in Midwest City, OK. Arrested by members of the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office on an outstanding warrant stemming from an active 2015 case for felony possession of CDS with intent to distribute (Alprazolam) and engaging in an act of lewdness.

Arrested Feb. 13, 2015

1. Brittany Nicole Burgess, DOB 7/12/1991, reportedly resides in Washington, OK. Arrested on an active 2012 case for felony computer crimes and engaging in an act of lewdness. Also arrested on a felony warrant for incurring forfeiture of bail in 2013.

Arrested Feb. 14. 2015

1. Vanessa Rail, DOB 8/2/1982, reportedly resides in OKC, OK. Arrested by members of the OCPD on a warrant (application to accelerate) stemming from a 2006 case for offering to engage in prostitution.

Arrested Feb. 17, 2015

1. Yanping Ning, DOB 7/16/1990, Oriental female, reportedly resides in Mustang, OK. Arrested by members of the Oklahoma City Police Department on a new charge (Canadian County) of ‘prostitution; engaging, soliciting, keeping a disorderly house.’

Crystal Irene Heard mugshot

Brittany Burgess mugshot

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3/4/2015 – Edmond, OK — A male student and former soccer player for the University of Central Oklahoma has been charged with a felony and a misdemeanor stemming from his arrest late last year for allegedly prostituting himself online.

JohnTV previously reported details of the arrest of 21-year-old Bryan Christopher Phillips back in Nov. of last year.

JohnTV has just been made aware that last Friday Phillips was formerly charged in Oklahoma County court with one felony count of violating Oklahoma’s computer crimes act and one misdemeanor count of offering to engage in prostitution.

According to court records (see probable cause affidavit at the bottom of this article), last Oct. an undercover female Oklahoma City Police officer, working with the department’s Vice Unit, replied to an ad on Backpage.com for a male escort (see ad near bottom of this article).

The ad was allegedly posted by Phillips and he reportedly responded to the undercover female and quoted a rate of $200.

Phillips and the female undercover officer agreed to meet up at Edsel’s Club on S. Meridian Ave. in south Oklahoma City.

While at the bar, prosecutors allege that Phillips told the officer he had brought condoms and that she could pay him the $200 when they got back to his hotel room. Phillips allegedly stated that in exchange for the money he would provide oral and vaginal sex.

Phillips was taken into custody as the two left the bar.

**Side Note: It hasn’t escaped JohnTV’s attention that whenever an alleged male prostitute is arrested in OKC it is done BEFORE they get naked or touch the female officer. However, in virtually every case where a female prostitute is arrested, the female has already been persuaded to undress and or touch the genitals of the male undercover officer….. just say’n.

Phillips was reportedly booked into the Oklahoma County Jail and later released.

According to court records, and the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office website, an arrest warrant was issued for Phillips yesterday and is still active.

You can check the status of Phillip’s warrant at the OCSO website.

Phillips listed his home address as 100 N. University Dr., Apartment 53 in Edmond, Oklahoma. That address comes back as student housing at UCO.

JohnTV was unable to confirm Phillips’ current status as a student when we called the University.

A member of the UCO Soccer Club did reach out to JohnTV and confirm that Phillips was previously a member of their team.

JohnTV will continue to follow this case.

Readers will recall that in January another male UCO student was arrested for his involvement in prostitution.

Ali Hussain Al-Yousuf, 21, was arrested after it was alleged he was operating a house of prostitution out of his Edmond apartment.

Court records indicate Al-Yousuf was participating in the prostitution of his girlfriend and possibly another female.

No criminal charges have yet to be filed in that case. Authorities however claim that criminal charges are forthcoming.

Ad believed to have been posted by Bryan Phillips

Bryan Christopher Phillips’ Oklahoma County Jail Booking Information.

Bryan Christopher Phillips’ Probable Cause Affidavit

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