4/30/2014 – Oklahoma — Three bills targeting human trafficking were unanimously approved by the Oklahoma House of Representatives earlier this month and are now on their way to the governor’s desk.

Under SB1433, human trafficking would be added to the list of crimes in Oklahoma which require the defendant to serve at least 85% of their sentence before becoming eligible for parole.

SB1431 would require all defendants convicted of human trafficking to register as a sex offender.

SB1538 makes it easier for victims of human trafficking to seek civil remedy by suing their trafficker by lengthening the statute of limitations to file such lawsuits.

JohnTV originally reported on these three bills last month after they were approved by the Senate.

In that article, we pointed out that none of this means anything if Oklahoma prosecutors are allowed or otherwise unmotivated to take human trafficking seriously.

Believe it or not, the sad reality is that its rare to actually criminally charge an individual with human trafficking and its even more rare to actually convict them of it.

Even though the term ‘human trafficking’ is thrown around (often recklessly) in the media and by public officials, 2013 marked the very first-ever federal human trafficking sentence in this state.

Recently JohnTV reported on the case of 21-year-old Joshua Hudson. Hudson originally pleaded guilty to the human trafficking of a 16-year-old pregnant female he had only known a few months. Despite Hudson’s guilty plea, Oklahoma County prosecutors agreed to a plea deal in which Hudson received no conviction, no prison time and may have his criminal record expunged after his eight years of probation ends.

In another case, a Tulsa woman had her human trafficking charges dropped by federal prosecutors, even though she was allegedly caught prostituting a 15-year old girl on Backpage.com.

Human trafficking may appear easy to fight to lawmakers who never actually take the time to see the reality of the judicial system in Oklahoma, but far too many traffickers and pimps are allowed to fall through the cracks.

Below is a video of the real face of human trafficking in Oklahoma and those people and organizations that are trying to positively impact it.

* SB 1433 was authored by state Sens. Dan Newberry, R-Tulsa, and Tom Ivester, D-Elk City. State Rep. Pam Peterson, R-Tulsa, was the House author.

* SB 1431 was authored by Newberry and Peterson.

* SB 1538 was authored by Sens. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, and Ivester. State Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, was the House author.

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5/1/2014 – Pennsylvania – A felon ex-con and a female prison guard have been indicted in the alleged sex trafficking of a young woman and a young man.

According to published reports, Rasul Abernathy and Poshauntamarin Walker are accused in federal court of the sex trafficking of a 16-year-old female runaway and a 17-year-old male.

According to a federal grand jury indictment that was handed down this week, the duo trafficked the male victim (only identified by his year of birth; 1995) from Dec. of 2012 to Mar. of 2013.

Reportedly Abernathy met his female victim after she ran away from a court-ordered juvenile placement. Abernathy allegedly told the girl she could stay with Walker but initially failed to tell the girl that he also lived with Walker and that the three would have to share a bed.

Soon after the girl moved into their home, they began posting pictures of her and prostituting her out on the Internet.

The couple is also accused of giving the girl marijuana, pain pills and alcohol to make her more controllable while they sexually trafficked her.

Also according to a search warrant unsealed in the case; Abernathy punched the young girl in the ribs, choked her and pulled her hair is she refused to perform sexual services on other men. Walker is also accused of violence towards the girl.

The young girl ran away from Abernathy and Walker on two occasions – both times ending up in a juvenile facility.

The girl eventually confided in a counselor and authorities as to what had happened to her – adding that she ran away the second time after another ex-con staying with Abernathy and Walker raped her.

Abernathy, 33, has prior felony convictions for drug offenses that resulted in prison stays. Walker, 34, is a former prison guard for the State Correctional Institution Greensburg.

The two met while Abernathy was incarcerated from 2007 to 2008.

The couple was arrested in Philadelphia in Feb., and are being federally prosecuted in Pittsburgh.

Both Abernathy and Walker are set for arraignment on May 5.

If convicted the pair faces up to life in prison and a fine up to $750,000.

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5/5/2014 – Moore, OK – Apparently the Oklahoma Department of Human Services reads JohnTV.com, because only hours after we posted about a ‘John’ busted in a Norman prostitution sting being married to a woman who runs a daycare out of their home – DHS investigators paid an unannounced visit, and found two serious violations.

Last month JohnTV reported on a March prostitution sting in Cleveland County that resulted in 19 individuals being issued traffic citations for engaging in acts or solicitation of prostitution. One of the alleged ‘Johns’ arrested was 30-year-old Shane Tyrone Bruner. JohnTV uncovered and reported that Bruner is married to Tera Bruner and that she owns and operates “Lily and Friends Home Childcare Services” out of the Bruner residence in Moore (825 NW 8th Street).

Shane Bruner is having a pretty miserable 2014 so far… First he solicits a faux hoe in a Norman motel and gets himself arrested, then he has his arrest published on JohnTV, now his wife has to deal with her husband’s inability to act like a decent human being and has her daycare center targeted by DHS – and rightly so.

You see, apparently if you own a daycare center that is run out of your home and your spouse gets arrested for a crime, you are legally obligated to notify DHS within 24-hours. Additionally, it appears that said criminal defendant is not allowed to be in said residence/daycare center during business hours while the charges are still active or pending.

According to a April 22 DHS inspection, two non-compliance issues were observed and noted;

1. Primary caregiver did not report to licensing within 24 hours known criminal charges involving person in the home.
   Within 24-hours of any known arrest, criminal investigation, criminal charges, or child abuse investigations involving persons who live in the home, provide care, or assist with the care of children;
2. Restricted person living in the home.
   Persons who have pending charges, unless waived by OCCS, or are convicted of or enter a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, no contest, to certain crimes cannot be licensed to care for children, live in a family child care home, provide care for children, or be a substitute or assistant caregiver, or be on the premises when children are in care.

For each non-compliance issue, the ‘plan to correct’ reads, “See filing cabinet titled Bruner Restriction-4/22/14- NRS.”

The April 22 inspection by DHS was followed by additional inspections on April 23 and April 25.

Bruner, who lists his employer as Locke Supply, is next set to appear before a Cleveland County judge on May 22 at 3:00 p.m.

Hey Shane Bruner, so, was it worth it?

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5/6/2014 – OKC, OK — One of three males accused of kidnapping and then violently raping an Oklahoma City street prostitute has been convicted by a jury in Oklahoma County – the two remaining teen criminal defendants are still awaiting trial.

JohnTV first reported on this unspeakable crime back in May of last year.

According to court records, in the early morning hours Aug. 18, 2012, two teens and one adult male picked up a 50-year-old woman who was prostituting near NW 9 and N. Blackwelder in NW Oklahoma City.

The victim later told investigators that the three Hispanic males picked her up and solicited oral sex from her in exchange for cash – to which she agreed.

The three men, identified as 20-year-old Jaime J. Martinez (see photo above), Erick Torres Reynaga 17 and Christian Anthony Morrow, (believed to be 15 or 16 years old at the time) drove the woman to the area of SW 17 and S. Robinson Ave. – an area known to JohnTV as frequented by those engaging in public sex with prostitutes.

After the men parked, they refused to give the woman any money and reportedly forced her to perform oral sex on them and then vaginally and anally raped her.

The victim told police that one of the ‘men’ punched her in the face and told her, “Bitch, you’re going to do what we want!”

At one point the victim, now naked, escaped from the car and tried to run away. The three caught her and pulled her back inside their vehicle.

The three would-be ‘Johns’ (now rapists and kidnappers) then drove the woman to 212 N. Indiana – once inside they raped her again repeatedly.

No information was released as to how the woman got away or who called police to her location to make a report.

Formal charges were filed just days after the assault.

Martinez was the first to go to trial in January of this year – charged with felony forcible oral sodomy and kidnapping.

Martinez reportedly admitted to investigators that the victim did not go with them to the house on Indiana willingly and that the victim cried while being raped. Martinez also admitted to having sex with the victim.

On January 17 Martinez was found guilty by a jury in Oklahoma County and on April 18, Martinez was sentenced.

And what does ‘Justice’ look like in Oklahoma County for a victim of kidnapping, assault and gang-rape? What will most-likley amount to only five years in prison!

Martinez was sentenced to three-years in prison on the sodomy charge and seven-years in prison on the kidnapping charge. Martinez was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine, $90 Victim’s Compensation, $150 DNA fee, actual costs of incarceration and all court costs. Martinez will also be on probation for three-years after he is released from prison. Being that his prison sentences are to be served concurrently, he will most likely only serve about 5 years before being released. It was not revealed in court documents if Martinez would have to register as a sex offender.

Morrow’s jury trial is set to begin this week and Reynaga’s trial is set for June 2nd.

JohnTV will continue to follow these cases.

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5/8/2014 – OKC, OK — You Heard It Here First – A notorious south Oklahoma City pimp, who once testified against a man he claims killed one of his prostitutes, has been convicted of pandering, drug and weapons charges and sentenced to prison.

Anthony Jerome Wade, 42, is well known to JohnTV.com. Wade, who goes by the street name ‘Big Ant,’ has been a longtime pimp, drug dealer, thief and all around burden on society for a very long time.

JohnTV’s own Brian Bates has had numerous encounters with Wade as he sold drugs and women along south OKC’s infamous South Robinson Ave.

Wade’s criminal resume includes prosecutions for bogus checks, drug paraphernalia, forgery, possession of drugs, public drunk, grand larceny, stolen vehicle, possession of stolen credit card, and concealing stolen property.

In the video below, Wade is being arrested, along with his then prostitute Lori Green, by Oklahoma City Marshals for an unknown crime.

As reported by JohnTV, Green was murdered in March of 2011. Early on investigators were told, by the only witnesses to Green’s murder, that she was killed by a ‘John’ who was later identified as Fulgencio Lopez, 22, of Oklahoma City.

The prosecution’s prime witness was none other than Green’s often violent pimp, Jerome Wade. In Sept. of 2012 Lopez was convicted and sentenced to life in prison – based primarily on Wade’s testimony.

After sitting through the Lopez’s murder trial and visiting the murder scene, it is the opinion of JohnTV that Wade lied and is actually the individual responsible for Green’s death.

Karma finally caught up with Wade in Aug. of last year.

According to court records, on Aug. 15, undercover agents with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs report that they purchased 3.5 grams of methamphetamine from Wade at a hotel in Oklahoma City.

During that transaction, agents report that Wade agreed to obtain additional drugs and women to be used as prostitutes.

On Aug. 29, undercover agents again met with Wade in a hotel room in Oklahoma City and purchased an additional 4.0 grams of meth.

Also during that meeting, Wade contacted a female and directed her to the hotel room. Once there, Wade allegedly took $250 from one of the agents and directed the female to engage in sexual intercourse with all of the undercover agents in the room.

Wade was then taken into custody and subsequently charged with two felony counts of distribution of meth and one felony count of pandering (pimping).

On April 28, Wade, a previously convicted felon, entered a guilty plea in Oklahoma County court to two counts of distribution of meth, pandering and possession of a firearm. Wade was sentenced to 20-years in prison plus court fees and costs. Wade was facing up to life in prison.

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5/9/2014 — The upstart feature news gathering and storytelling site Voctativ.com recently published an exclusive article on the ‘epic clash between JohnTV’s anti-prostitution vigilante Brian Bates and L.A. hustler Taquarius Ford.’

The article, entitled ‘Revenge of the Beverly Hills pimp,’ takes readers through the previously unreported feud that erupted between JohnTV and alleged pimp and con-man Taquarius Ford, aka Cameron, aka T-Diddy Ford.

A feud that only ended after the FBI’s involvement that resulted in Ford being held without bond on human sex trafficking charges.

Here’s some excepts from the article written by Shane Dixon Kavanaugh…

“This guy is on a different level than any pimp—or any man—I’ve ever dealt with,” says Bates, who recounted to us, for the first time, the details of a bizarre feud he claims to have had with Ford. The beef lasted three months, ending only when the feds charged the alleged pimp in February. “In my 17 years doing this, I’ve never seen someone so motivated to take me down.” — Brian Bates

“I was certainly poking the bear, so that he’d turn around and swipe at me,” Bates says.

In the end, the video vigilante may have gotten more than he bargained for. Three days after publishing the piece, Bates caught the first whiffs of a digital shitstorm he believes Ford and Prinster, with their hubris and passable grasp of the Internet, attempted to orchestrate.

Click here to read the entire article.

Stay tuned for more exclusive insights to this story that will be published to JohnTV soon.

 

Taquarius Ford Mugshot for Federal Human Sex Trafficking Charges.

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5/12/2014 – OKC, OK — Its been two years since the late May/early June prostitution sting in Oklahoma City that resulted in the arrest of 15 individuals on prostitution related offenses. JohnTV now takes a look back and crunches the numbers to report on the fallout.

As previously reported by JohnTV, the two day prostitution sting (conducted by OKC Vice) resulted in the arrest of eight alleged ‘Johns’ and seven alleged prostitutes (one 17-year old juvenile was taken into custody, but not criminally charged).

Some of the more interesting findings that are detailed below; The average age of the ‘Johns’ arrested was double the average age of the prostitutes (42 years old vs. 22 years old). The average fine for the Johns was $222, while the average fine for the prostitutes was only $68.

No pimps were reported to have been arrested in this sting.

* You may be wondering why JohnTV is doing an update article on a sting that occurred two years ago. Many people don’t realize that in Oklahoma County a criminal case can take up to 3 years before it is resolved.

Alleged ‘Johns’ Arrested: 8
Gary Preston Webb, Miguel Velasco, Rodrick Carter, Arecha Elauterio Sanchez, Matias Contreras Martinez, Kendall John Kain, Oscar Ortiz Jimenez, and Cory Dee Hannon.

Average Age: 42-years-old

Oldest: 62-years-old

Youngest: 28-years-old

Percentage of those arrested that resulted in criminal charges: 88% (7/8)

Percentage of those criminally charged that resulted in convictions: 86% (1 case is still active)

Percentage of those arrested that resulted in convictions: 75% (1 not charged, 1 case still active)

Race: 4-Hispanic (50%), 3-Caucasion (38%), 1-Black (13%)

Jail Sentences: 0

Average Fine: $222 ($30-$500)

Deferred vs. Suspended Sentences: 5 deferred (6 months – 2 years). 1 suspended (1 year).

Alleged Prostitutes Arrested: 7

Average Age: 22-years-old

Oldest: 27-years-old

Youngest: 17-years-old

Percentage of those arrested that resulted in criminal charges: 86% (1 was not charged due to her age [17])

Percentage of those criminally charged that resulted in convictions: 83% (1 case still active)

Percentage of those arrested that resulted in convictions: 71% (1 juvenile not charged, 1 active case)

Race: 4-Caucasion (57%), 2-Black (29%), and 1 unlisted (juvenile)

Jail Sentences: 2 (30 and 35 days). 33% (juvenile not counted in this calculation)

Average Fine: $68 ($30-$200)

Deferred vs. Suspended Sentences: 1 deferred (2-years), 2 suspended (1 year, 2 years) — (which leaves 1 no file juvenile, 1 active, 2 convicted and given jail)

Combined Numbers

Total Arrested: 15

Johns vs Prostitutes: 53% Johns

Percentage of those arrested that resulted in criminal charges: 87% ( 1 ‘John’ no file and 1 juvenile prostitute)

Percentage of those criminally charged that resulted in convictions: 85%  (2 cases still active)

Percentage of those arrested that resulted in convictions: 73% (1 no file ‘John’, 1 no file juvenile, 2 active cases)

Race: 7-Caucasian (50%), 4-Hispanic (29%), 3-Black (21%), 1-unlisted

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5/12/2014 – OKC, OK — An Oklahoma City man, suspected of pimping a teen girl in the metro, has had all his charges dropped by prosecutors.

JohnTV first reported on then 27-year old Bradley Dennis Wilson back in Oct. of 2012.

According to published reports and court documents, Wilson was arrested on June 20 of 2012 as part of the FBI’s annual ‘Operation Cross Country’ – a nationwide effort where federal and local law enforcement combine resources to track down suspected child traffickers. The sting, which netted 52 arrests in Oklahoma City alone, was covered extensively by JohnTV. 

Wilson reportedly drove a 17-year-old female to a hotel so that she could engage in prostitution. What Wilson and the teen, going by the name ‘Gabby,’ didn’t know, was that they were walking right into a law enforcement sting.

Once ‘Gabby’ agreed to engage in sex with an undercover officer in exchange for $150 she was taken into custody.

Undercover officers in the hotel parking lot observed Wilson drop the teen off and once she was arrested they detained Wilson and also took him into custody.

At the time of his arrest, Wilson was already serving a suspended sentence in Oklahoma County for a felony conviction of making a false declaration of ownership to a pawnbroker.

On Oct. 10, 2012 Wilson was charged in Oklahoma County with felony ‘transporting a child under the age of 18 for the purpose of prostitution.’

Wilson was later released after posting a $10,000 bond.

However, just four months later, a new warrant was issued for Wilson’s arrest after he failed to appear in court – his initial bond was forfeited and his new bond was raised to $20,000.

Wilson paid the new bond and was released again.

On Nov. 20, 2013 the Oklahoma County DA’s office filed a motion to dismiss all charges against Wilson.

No reason has been publicly given as to why prosecutors let Wilson go free without any consequences for his actions.

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5/12/2014 – OKC, OK — An Oklahoma City felon has been convicted of prostitution caught on tape, by JohnTV’s own Video Vigilante Brian Bates.

Back in Dec. of 2012 JohnTV reported on the back-to-back Nov. busts of the same S. Robinson Ave. street prostitute with two different alleged ‘Johns.’

While the female has yet to bee identified, one of the ‘Johns’ was quickly identified as Robert Lee Stephens, 32.

Stephens was busted on video by Bates as he took a female street prostitute to a public park in the area of SW 17 and S. Robinson Ave. in south Oklahoma City.

On Nov. 29, 2012 misdemeanor charges of ‘prostitution, engaging in an act of lewdness’ were filed in Oklahoma County court against Stephens.

Despite Stephens criminal resume and the fact he was also charged in Oklahoma County with unauthorized use of a vehicle (aka, stolen vehicle) at the same time as his prostitution charges, a judge allowed him to post an own recognizance bond – meaning he only had to sign a promise to show up to court and not post any money.

On Nov. 15, 2013 Stephens pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one-year suspended (supervised), $50 fine, $50 VCA and court costs.

Also arrested on the same day was Jose Morales, 48, of El Reno.

Morales was criminally charged also on Nov. 29 – an warrant for his arrest is still active.

Below is the video from both arrests…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl-77ltw0NU

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5/12/2014 – OKC, OK — An Oklahoma City man has been convicted of three serious charges related to his prostituting of a local teen. Unfortunately, in a trend that is becoming all too familiar, the convicted pimp is given a slap on the wrist in a plea deal struck with Oklahoma County prosecutors.

JohnTV first reported on the sorry excuse for a pile of flesh that is Jeremy Eugene Steelman back in Sept. of 2013 after he had been arrested for prostituting his ‘girlfriend’ who also happens to be half his age.

According to court records, undercover officers utilized a confidential informant (C.I.) to make arrangements to meet up with Steelman’s teen prostitute at the Chieftain Motel on S. Shields Blvd in 2011.

The teen, identified as 18-year old Tara Jane English, was driven to the motel by Steelman. English was arrested after she agreed to perform a specific sexual act on the C.I. in exchange for $200.

Steelman, 36, was approached by police and taken into custody after a brief chase.

Tara English as she appears on social media.

During a subsequent police interview, English admitted that she was in a romantic relationship with Steelman when he had coerced her into prostituting herself to financially support them both.

English told detectives that Steelman directed her on what to post online and how much she should charge for specific sex acts.

English told officers that at Steelman’s urging she had engaged in a great many sexual encounters with strangers from Sept. 2011 to May of 2012. In all cases English claims she was forced to handover all her money to Steelman.

According to a probable cause affidavit, English confided in detectives that she had tried to stop prostituting but that Steelman began using force, fear and intimidation to make her continue.

On July 10, of last year formal charges were filed in Oklahoma County against both English and Steelman.

Steelman was charged with pandering, aiding and abetting prostitution and maintaining a house of prostitution.

English is charged with felony computer crimes and misdemeanor offering to engage in prostitution.

JohnTV next reported on Steelman in January – two years after his initial arrest for prostituting English he was finally taken into custody.

On Feb. 27, Steelman and his tax payer funded public defender appeared before Oklahoma County Judge Fred Doak, where Steelman pleaded guilty in exchange for a pretty sweet plea deal.

Assistant Oklahoma County District Attorney Illingsworth apparently feels that 36-year-old men coercing their 18-year-old ‘girlfriends’ into prostituting themselves and then using force, fear and coercion to keep them prostituting is not that big of a deal – because if he did, he wouldn’t have agreed to allow Steelman a get out of jail free card in the form of a plea deal that only resulted in Steelman being sentenced to five-years suspended, 100 hours of community service, no apparent fine, and minimal administrative/court fees.

Oh, and did we mention this is not Steelman’s first brush with the hug-a-thug mentality that is Oklahoma ‘justice.’

In 1995 Steelman received a deferred sentence for grand larceny, another pair of deferred sentences in 2010 for possession of meth and drug paraphernalia, and suspended sentences in 2014 (combined with his pimping cases) for two possession of a taken debit card felony charges.

If not for Steelman’s criminal resume, JohnTV is pretty confident that he could have walked away from his pimping charges completely unscathed – like Edmond pimp Joshua Hudson, who was given probation only, no criminal conviction and a chance to erase his charges all together for pimping a 16-year old pregnant girl out of an Edmond motel.

English is still wanted on her prostitution charges.

JohnTV will continue to follow this case.

Jeremy Eugene Steelman 2013 Mugshot.

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5/13/2014 – Amsterdam – It is virtually impossible to have a conversation of the pros and cons of the legalization of prostitution without people pointing to Amsterdam’s Red Light district as an alleged example of legalization done right.

The sad reality is, Amsterdam (like Nevada in the US) is actually a living cautionary tale of how legalization does virtually nothing to address the violence, drugs, force and organized crime that perpetuate the prostitution and sex trafficking of adults and children.

For those who actually follow what is going on in Amsterdam’s legalized brothels, it is no secret that they’ve proven to be a dismal failure – organized crime, human trafficking, drugs, etc. have infiltrated the Red Light District to the point that 40% of the previously legal brothels have been closed down by the city since 2006 – with plans to close even more.

Recently the Mayor of Amsterdam, Eberhard van der Lann requested and was granted permission to ban marijuana cafes in the city’s Red Light districts.

The Mayor and others have long realized and argued that the city’s freewheeling lifestyle of pot and prostitutes has become a black eye and a source of uncontrollable criminality and violence.

Last month the Amsterdam District Court ruled that the mayor has a right and obligation to “carry out policies considered desirable to protect public order.”

The immediate plan is to close 26 (34%) of the 76 pot cafes now in business.

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5/14/2014 – Cincinnati, OH — Cincinnati residents and City Council members are fed up with blatant street prostitution in their community and they are fighting back – in a big way.

On the heels of the city’s most recent prostitute murder, a three phase approach was initiated city-wide, primarily addressing the demand side of prostitution, with phase one targeting McMicken Ave. – a street long associated with the persistent presence of pimps, prostitutes and ‘Johns.’

In April the city erected barricades along portions of the avenue to hinder the flow of would be ‘Johns’ that cruise the area 24-hours a day.

Police say the barricades will most likely stay in place for 90-days and can be moved to other areas as needed.

Phase two is stepped up efforts by law enforcement to target ‘Johns’ with reverse stings. The latest such effort earlier this month resulted in five arrests; Kahrie Burton, 26, Randy Larkin, 34, Anthony Jones, 35, Johnny Hunter, 32, and Darnell Gaines, 28.

The third phase, or the ‘shaming phase,’ is still under review but enjoys the full support of the city council who voted unanimously to initiate the following measures;

1. Publishing the names of people convicted of prostitution-related offenses through a press release to media outlets and/or on the city’s government access TV channel.
2. Notifying an offender’s spouse upon a prostitution-related arrest or conviction and a positive test for a sexually transmitted disease.
3. Issuing orders to keep johns from visiting areas known for prostitution activity.
4. Creating a court specifically for prostitution offenses that offers jail diversion options.
5. Offering a “john school” as a condition of a suspended sentence.

The ‘Shaming Phase’ was sent to the Cincinnati city administration for review last week.

The administration should report back to the city council in 60-days with the results of their cost and feasibility estimates. They will also spell out what resolutions, laws, allocation of resources and initiatives would be required to achieve the five objectives listed above.

The three phase approach has been described as the most comprehensive in the nation.

Councilwoman Yvette Simpson reminded city officials and constituents that cracking down on prostitution is important because it’s about quality of life issues in their community.

Simpson has gone on to publicly tout that the city needs to focus on the demand side of the problem and make the ‘Johns’ more accountable.

“Criminalizing [the sex workers] never works. They are under the control of someone else. You can’t hold them for a long time in prison — they are going to get out,” Simpson is quoted as saying - estimating that 90 percent of Cincinnati sex workers work under pimps, who she says often coerce them with physical and mental abuse.

“The community needs to know that these women are victims and how do we protect them while we are also correcting a neighborhood issue,” Simpson said. “We’re telling johns, we’re telling pimps, we’re telling anyone who has profited from or has engaged in this activity, ‘your time is up.’”

While prostitution in the communities targeted has existed for a long time, city leaders and law enforcement are in agreement that the violence associated with the criminal activity has gotten worse.

In Jan. 24-year-old Jessica Revelee was shot to death while prostituting on McMicken Ave. around 2:30 in the morning (see photo below).

These efforts do not come without their detractors though.

Pete Witte, described as a Price Hill business owner, was interviewed by local news media and was adamant that the moment the barricades went up on McMicken Ave., street prostitution activities in his areas a few blocks away increased (see third video below).

Witte admits though that prostitution was already occurring to a lesser degree in his area prior to the barricades being put in place elsewhere.

Jeanette Allen, interviewed and identified in an article by Aljazeera.com, is a 34-year-old former Cincinnati sex worker who doesn’t like the shaming aspect of the crack down.

“I don’t agree with publishing [names]. You could put a lot of people in danger for doing that,” Allen is quoted as saying. “Some people could come up hurt seriously or come up dead.”

Cincinnati’s efforts come on the heels of the latest prostitute murder in the area.

News reports on the recent anti-prostitution measures

A citizen activist’s take on the problem

Below is a 2010 video from DefianceMagazine.com regarding street prostitution in Cincinnati.

Episodes of TLC’s ‘Police Women of Cincinnati’

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5/14/2014 – Sacramento, California — A former California firefighter is the target of a nationwide manhunt after his live-in prostitute girlfriend was found murdered in their home.

Orville Fleming, 55, is the former battalion chief firefighter with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and has been missing ever since the body of Sarah June Douglas, 26, was found in a pool of blood on May 1.

Fleming, known by friends as ‘Moe,’ reportedly met Douglas two years ago when he solicited her as a prostitute working off the website MyRedBook.com, where she reportedly used the alias ‘Stacy Love Diamond.’

Sarah June Douglas, aka ‘Stacy Love Diamond.’

Fleming reportedly was a regular on the pro-prostitution website and often posted details of his sexual encounters using the alias ‘Bucketlist.’

Their relationship progressed from one of commercial sex to boyfriend/girlfriend quickly and the two soon were living together in the 9300 block of Fox River Way. Some reports list Douglas as Fleming’s fiancee.

Authorities say a video has been reported to show Fleming and other firefighters engaging in sex with Douglas atop a firetruck. It is not know exactly when the video was made and by whom.

The relationship is reported to have been a volatile one with neighbors and relatives of Douglas reporting Fleming had a history of being physically violent.

According to published reports,  Douglas’s older sister, Sarah Douglas, was on the phone with her younger sibling just hours before she was murdered and overheard a violent confrontation after Fleming snuck up on her sister while she was complaining about him to her sister.

Douglas had reportedly called her sister and said, “the son of a bitch left the gas on … I think he’s trying to kill my birds.”

Moments later the call was interrupted and a fight broke out between Douglas and Fleming. The line went silent after the older sister heard Douglas scream.

The next morning the sister went to check on Douglas and made a horrific discovery – the walls of the master bedroom were splattered with blood and Douglas was lying face down on the floor with a bed sheet tied around her neck.

Douglas is quoted as saying, “She had a sheet tangled around her neck all through her arms where he can control her, and she was faced down on the ground, and she was brutally, disgustingly murdered, and I will never forget that ever.”

It is believed Douglas died of multiple stab wounds.

Orville ‘Moe’ Fleming Mugshot.

Fleming had reportedly recently sent a string of text messages to his estranged wife pleading for her to take him back. The most recent message is said to have been sent immediately after Douglas was murdered.

Authorities believe Fleming utilized the website MyRedBook again when he made contact with another prostitute so that he could hitch a ride out of town after ditching his truck.

So far police have been unable to locate Fleming and do not know if he’s left the California area or if he’s hiding out in some remote forest area that he would be familiar with.

Investigators are said to have been tracking down possible sightings in Oregon and have been questioning other Internet prostitutes that may know where Fleming is or otherwise helped him escape.

Fleming is believed to be armed with two handguns and may have been injured during his fatal assault on Douglas.

According to an online obituary, Douglas has a six-year-old son. No mention if Douglas had custody of her son at the time of her murder or of his whereabouts.

A Memorial Video Dedicated to Sarah June Douglas Found Online;

News Reports Regarding this Murder;

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Starting Jan 2, 2014 JohnTV began selecting questions posted by the public to videos on our YouTube channel and this website to publish here and expand upon.

You can see all the Frequently Asked Questions at this link or from the menu bar ‘JohnTV Specific’ > ‘FAQ.’

The following question was submitted on May 8, 2014 by JohnTV.com site visitor ‘Mike’ in response to an April 16, 2014 article entitled, “New billboard on S. Robinson Ave. declares ‘No Hooking Zone.’”

Question: “Why the decline in prostitution on South Robinson in the last year? What is the cause of the decline?”

2002 photo of 7 street prostitutes on S. Robinson Ave. in a single camera frame.

Answer: (5/15/2014 by Brian Bates) To put it simply, I don’t know – but I do have a pretty good idea why.

First, a bit of unofficial history… Street level prostitution has flourished on South Robinson Ave. near SW 44th street for about the last 42 years, according to older residence that have lived in the area their entire lives.

The demise of the once flourishing community of Capitol Hill is reportedly when street prostitution and other opportunistic crimes first began to be noticed.

Street level prostitution remained a constant presence along S. Robinson Ave. (from about SW 25 to SW 44) ever since, with temporary reprieves from time-to-time lasting weeks or even months in some instances. Those reprieves can most likely be attributed to police crack downs, weather and the normal ebb and flow of an often transient criminal population.

However, there has never been lessening in the persistent presence of street prostitutes along S. Robinson Ave. as has been realized for well over a year now.

Five prostitutes at SW 43 & S. Robinson Ave. as a family walks in the background.

I have been documenting street level prostitution in Oklahoma City since 1996 (17+ years now) and until recently I could confidently drive down S. Robinson Ave. on any day of the week and witness numerous women prostituting themselves either by force or by choice.

In fact, a local pastor in the area and I had a running competition for awhile to see who could count the most women soliciting prostitution along S. Robinson Ave. in a single pass in our vehicle. FYI – the highest total to date is 27 women in a nine block area, all prostituting at the same time, and that was in 2008.

In my experience, the height of street level prostitution on S. Robinson Ave. occurred between 2008 and 2009.

Police trying in vain to discourage blatant street prostitution on S. Robinson Ave.

In 2012 the landscape began to change and change dramatically. Where once you could always count on three-to-five girls working the corners of SW 42 and SW 43 and S. Robinson at most any time of day or night, you began to see only one or two.

By mid 2013 you could go all afternoon and maybe not see a single prostitute on these corners and that trend continues as of this posting.

While prostitution still exists on S. Robinson Ave., I’d estimate it has reduced by approx. 70%. These numbers are backed up by faith based street outreach teams that have been in the area at least twice a week since 2012.

So, naturally that begs the question “why?” and is it a change for the better.

In my opinion, several elements have all come together in the last two years that have contributed the most to the decline of visible prostitution in this area.

1. The continuing presence of both uniformed law enforcement and undercover police stings in the area.
2. The continuing presence of myself/JohnTV in the area and continuing media coverage of my efforts.
3. The heightened awareness of prostitution through the relabeling as ‘human sex trafficking.’
4. The appearance of the faith based non-profit No Boundaries International.
5. The easy access to the Internet and sites like Backpage.com.
6. The easy access and affordability of smart phones.

Personally, while I think 1-4 have had a measurable effect, I give most of the credit to reasons 5 and 6.

In the last two years cell phone technology has progressed to the point that it is not uncommon at all to see homeless panhandlers with smartphones.

Where once you needed really good credit to even get a cell phone contract, let alone pay the premium cost of a smart phone and Internet access – Now you can simply walk into any retail store and buy a phone with unlimited minutes or even signup for a basically free phone at one of any of a dozen temporary popup phone tents that have sprung up all over south Oklahoma City – many even on S. Robinson Ave.

With every pimp and woman engaged in prostitution now in possession of a smart phone, the need to stand on a street corner openly soliciting passing cars is quickly becoming a thing of the past.

Why risk harassment by business owners, the police, arrest, the weather, rival pimps, etc. when you can simply sit in an air conditioned hotel room, take a selfie, post it to Backpage and wait by the pool for potential Johns to respond to your ad.

Police records seem to back this theory up. Many of the women who would commonly be arrested during stings on S. Robinson Ave. are now being arrested during online stings happening mostly in hotels around I-40 and Meridian and NW Expressway.

Which begs the question? Is the decline of noticeable street prostitutes along S. Robinson Ave. a positive or a negative thing?

To which I’d argue, it really depends on who you ask.

Obviously for the families and businesses along S. Robinson Ave. its a welcome relief and positively effects their quality of life.

However, since the criminal element has simply relocated, their recent migration to areas like the hotels along S. Meridian Ave. will have a negative effect on those businesses and will most assuredly negatively impact the first impression people have that visit our state, since many will stay in hotels in that area.

Additionally, this migration puts additional strain on law enforcement and its limited resources. It is much more difficult to police and investigate criminal activity that is now often happening online, behind closed doors, on private property and in areas welcoming to transient populations.

Not to mention the negative consequences it has on the women who prostitute themselves.

In most cases, when a woman is arrested for street level prostitution she is only charged with a city ticket or misdemeanor state crime. Unfortunately, when those who prostitute move from the sidewalks to the Internet, they are unknowingly committing a felony crime because upon arrest they are almost always charged for violating the Oklahoma computer crimes act.

A migration off the streets also makes it more difficult and more dangerous for outreach groups, like No Boundaries Int’l, to make contact with women involved in prostitution.

A prostitute on S. Robinson Ave. is so bold she doesn’t even bother to put her pants back on between ‘Johns.’

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5/16/2014 – Sacramento, CA — (as posted to KCRA.com) A Sacramento-area convict accused of kidnapping and then pimping a 16-year-old girl was arrested on Wednesday, police in Redding said Thursday.

“He was acting in the form of a pimp and making her commit sex acts and taking money from those incidents,” said Lt. Jeff Wallace, of the Redding Police Department.

Last month, Redding police investigated a report made by a Sacramento teen.

In an attempt to get away, she got the attention of some people near the 1900 block of Hartnell Avenue to tell them she was being held against her will inside a nearby apartment.

When she called for help, the teen told officers she had been abducted about a month earlier from Sacramento, identifying her captor as 25-year-old Melvin Derrell Baldwin-Green Jr.

Following the report, the department learned Baldwin-Green had contacted the victim as she walked home from a party in the Sacramento region. The victim said Baldwin-Green forced her into his vehicle.

The victim had been reported as a runway, but the investigation revealed a different story. Officers believed she was taken against her will to Redding.

Police said the victim was held inside two apartments with locks on doors and windows that required a key for entry.

The investigation revealed that Baldwin-Green forced his victim into prostitution, even promising her money for bus fare to return home once she collected enough money. She never got a ticket.

Baldwin-Green also molested her and refused to let her go, police said.

On Wednesday, investigators got a step closer to his arrest after seeing an online ad for an escort service believed to be placed by Baldwin-Green.

Authorities set up an appointment. Following the request, officers saw Baldwin-Green drive a woman to a prearranged meeting on Churn Creek Road in Redding. The woman was dropped off nearby and Baldwin-Green was arrested.

He faces on a list of charges, including kidnapping, human trafficking of a minor and unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

The victim has since been returned to the safety of her family in Sacramento.

Baldwin-Green was previously convicted of an offense related to prostitution and sentenced to jail time in Sacramento County Main Jail in 2013.

Update from News10.net

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5/19/2014 – OKC, OK — A local teen is the second of three criminal defendants to be convicted for his role in the kidnapping and gang rape of a 50-year-old north Oklahoma City street prostitute.

As first reported by JohnTV, Christian Anthony Morrow, 16, was arrested along with Erick Torres Reynaga, 17, and Jaime J. Martinez, 20.

According to court papers, the two teens and one adult solicited a street prostitute in the early morning hours of Aug. 18, 2012 in the area of NW 9th and N. Blackwelder.

Their soon-to-be victim reportedly agreed to perform oral sex on all three males in exchange for money – but that was not the plan for Morrow, Reynaga and Martinez.

After driving the prostitute to a park near SW 17 and S. Robinson Ave. the men refused to pay the woman and instead began to beat and rape her.

The victim told police she was forced to engage in vaginal, anal and oral sex with her attackers. One of the males punched the woman in her face and exclaimed, “Bitch, you’re going to do what we want!”

The victim said that at one point she tried to flee but was pulled, naked, back into the vehicle. The males then drove her to a house at 212 N. Indiana and again repeatedly raped her.

Morrow, at only 16-years-old, has previously been identified to JohnTV as the alleged ringleader of the group.

Martinez reportedly admitted to investigators that the victim did not go with them to the house on Indiana willingly and that the victim cried while being raped. Martinez also admitted to having sex with the victim.

In Aug. of 2012 all three males were charged with felony crimes ranging from kidnapping, to forcible oral sodomy to rape.

On May 6, of this year, JohnTV reported on the April 18 conviction of Martinez.

Martinez received what JohnTV considers an extremely light sentence when Oklahoma County prosecutors agreed to a plea deal where he was sentenced to only seven-years in prison, a $5,000 fine, $90 victim’s compensation and court and administrative fees.

On May 2, Morrow, who was charged with kidnapping, two counts of rape in the first degree and forcible oral sodomy, stood before Oklahoma County Judge Glenn Jones and was sentenced to a more appropriate 16-years in prison, $200 victim’s compensation, and court costs and administrative fees. Morrow will be on probation for three years upon his release from prison.

A note in the court record indicates that Judge Jones has recommended that Morrow be placed at the Joseph Harp Correctional Center and receive treatment as a sex offender.

Reynaga is schedule for a jury trial on June 2.

JohnTV has been told to expect Reynaga to enter a guilty verdict prior to his court date in exchange for a plea deal involving prison.

*Note: JohnTV reminds readers that apparently if a 16 year old male rapes a woman in Oklahoma County he is deserving of prison (and rightfully so), but if an adult man sexually trafficks a 16-year-old pregnant female he is only deserving of probation and no criminal conviction. (link to story)

Christian Anthony Morrow mugshot.

Jaime Jurado Martinez mugshot.

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5/20/2014 – OKC, OK — It been over a year since a local attorney was one of seven arrested during a prostitution sting in Oklahoma City, yet he remains the only individual not criminally charged.

JohnTV originally broke the story in May of last year after law enforcement arrested the following alleged ‘Johns’ for soliciting prostitution;

1. Mark Thomasa Pelayo, 31, of San Antonio.
   Pleaded guilty 2/26/2014 and sentenced to 9-months deferred (supervised), $100 fine, $300 VCA, and court costs.
2. John David Parker, 29, of Norman.
   Pleaded guilty 9/19/2013 and sentenced to two-years deferred (supervised), $900 fine, $300 VCA and court costs.
3. Nghia Thanh Ngu, 30, of Oklahoma City.
   Pleaded guilty 8/15/2013 and sentenced to one-year suspended (supervised), 40-hours of community service, $200 fine, $200 VCA, and court costs.
4. Cody Shane Gray, 23, Paris, Arkansas.
   Pleaded guilty 10/24/2013 and sentenced to one-year deferred (supervised), 60-hours of community service, $200 fine, $100 VCA and court costs.
5. Thomas Carroll, 19, of Fort Worth.
   Pleaded guilty 3/20/2014 and sentenced to one-year deferred (supervised), $1,000 fine, $400 VCA and court costs.
6. Saud Aldossari Museebeeh, 26, of Edmond.
   On 7/9/2013 a warrant was issued for Museebeeh’s arrest. That warrant remains active as of this post.
7. William Lowell Nixon, 52, of Piedmont.
   Not charged as of this post.

According to the probable cause affidavit in Nixon’s arrest (see below), Nixon responded to an ad for prostitution on Backpage.com and was directed to the Hampton Inn on the NW Expressway in Oklahoma City.

Once there, Nixon allegedly offered the woman $80 in exchange for oral sex. Undercover agents monitoring in an adjacent room then placed Nixon under arrest.

Nixon, who is married, has two distinguishing honors from his prostitution arrest – at 52-years-old he’s the oldest of the would-be ‘Johns’ and the only one to avoid criminal charges (so far).

You see, Nixon joins a growing list of Oklahoma’s with either high profile positions or ties to the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s office that magically and without explanation have avoided criminal charges after being arrested for prostitution.

Nixon, a local attorney with Love, Beal & Nixon P.C. is apparently a member of a local good ol’ boys club that includes a OUHSC physician, Norman millionaire, newspaper publisher, and a well known and liked OKC criminal defense attorney (who was told to make a cash donation to a local non-profit in exchange for no criminal charges being filed).

What these ‘men’ have in common is their alleged propensity to purchase prostitutes and their ability to avoid legal consequences through their connections and/or money.

Fortunately, Nixon’s arrest didn’t escape the scrutiny of the Oklahoma Bar Association – JohnTV has received word that the Bar opened an investigation into Nixon’s alleged criminal behavior after becoming aware of his arrest from JohnTV articles.

In a final note of irony regarding Nixon’s prostitution arrest; had he actually been criminally charged when the other defendant’s had – he would have most assuredly been given a deferred sentence that would have ended by now and he could not only have legally cleared his record, but also avoided multiple embarrassing articles from JohnTV (that will continue for the foreseeable future, FYI).

That said, even when ‘Johns’ are criminally charged, members of our own police department instruct the criminal defendants on how to circumvent the law and avoid additional penalties.

While law enforcement, political leaders and prosecutors may all put on a public face of zero tolerance and blind justice – the reality is that Oklahoma County has a dangerous and hypocritical history in recent years of letting admitted human traffickers of children walk free, no jail for ‘Johns’ who pay for sex with girls as young as 14, no jail for pimps of teen girls, deferred sentences for pimps with a criminal history, charges dropped against violent pimps, even madams in our city are treated with a hug-a-thug mentality. And, when our city leaders aren’t turning their backs on their responsibility to protect its citizens from predators, they are actually employing child pimp sex offenders at tax payer expense.

William Lowell Nixon’s probable cause affidavit from his prostitution arrest.

William Nixon Oklahoma County Jail Booking Information.

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5/21/2014 (Updated 5/24/2014) – Cleveland County, Oklahoma — You Heard It Here First – A great big “I told you so” should be coming to the embarrassment of Cleveland County that is District Attorney Greg Mashburn – this, after a Cleveland County man who raped an autistic six-year-old boy was allowed by Mashburn to only serve 75-weeks in prison before being released – and, you guessed it – He’s already reoffended!

JohnTV has reported several times on Teddy Dean Davis, 30, and his unthinkable crime – that was only surpassed by his unthinkably light sentence at the hands of a DA who repeatedly shows he has a soft spot for sex offenders.

Davis, then 27, responded to a Craigslist ad in Jan. of 2011 posted by Jonathan Mark Smith, then 38, a husband and father that was seeking homosexual sex for himself and ended up offering his handicapped son as he watched and pleasured himself at the sight of his child’s rape in their Moore home.

In a plea agreement orchestrated by DA Mashburn’s office, the court ignored Davis’ prior criminal history (which would have made him ineligible for a short prison sentence) and Davis was allowed to plead guilty in exchange for only spending 75-weeks in prison – this, even though his victim received a life sentence!

Davis’ plea agreement was accepted in April of 2012 and he was released from prison on Feb. 4th of this year.

Upon Davis’ release, he was required to register as a sex offender and follow certain restrictions.

According to court records, on April 21 an application to revoke Davis’ suspended sentence was filed in Cleveland County because Davis had “failed to abstain from drugs, possessed pornographic materials, failed to abstain from use of the Internet and violated the law.”

According to a local news report by KWTV News9 (see below), Davis is specifically accused of smoking marijuana, storing pornography on his cell phone, exchanging pornographic images in chat rooms and continuing to access websites like Craigslist.

A warrant was issued for Davis’ arrest on April 23rd.

In a move that only reinforces DA Mashburn’s history of leniency for the depraved, Davis was granted bond and re-released back upon society.

Davis is next set to return to court on Jun. 18.

According to the Oklahoma sex offender database, Davis resides at Rt. 3 Box 192 B Marlow, Oklahoma 73055 in Stephens County.

JohnTV was unable to get this address to map on Google maps. If anyone can accurately map Davis’ home address and post a link in the comment section below, it would be greatly appreciated.

In case you’re wondering, ‘dad of the year’ Jonathan Mark Smith entered a blind-plea in July of 2013 and was sentenced to only seven years in prison by Cleveland County Judge Lori Walkley.

Below is a collage of news reports by KWTV News9….

Teddy Dean Davis’ various mugshots.

Left: Johnathan Mark Smith. Right: Teddy Dean Davis

Despite Mashburn’s lip service – under his ‘leadership’ his office does everything but protect the community and victims of crime.

*Note: DA Greg Mashburn told the news media that Davis was given such a light sentence to secure his cooperation in testifying against Smith. However, Smith blind pled and the prosecution didn’t need any cooperation from Davis (meaning he threw himself at the mercy of the court with no trial) – so, Mashburn’s excuse is just another one of his many lies.

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Starting Jan 2, 2014 JohnTV began selecting questions posted by the public to videos on our YouTube channel and this website to publish here and expand upon.

You can see all the Frequently Asked Questions at this link or from the menu bar ‘JohnTV Specific’ > ‘FAQ.’

The following question was submitted May 24, 2014 by YouTube user Edward Reyna while viewing the JohnTV video ‘Man caught on tape having sex with a prostitute in an apartment complex parking lot.’

Question: “I don’t get  why do you do this. Who or what are you trying to protect with this kind of activities?”

Answer: (5/24/2014 by Brian Bates) I get asked this question all the time, mostly by people who’ve only viewed a handful of my videos, and have no idea what my activism entails. Regardless, this is a legitimate question as JohnTV is pretty unique in its quest to raise awareness, expose the offenders and move the social consciousness in regard to certain types of prostitution and human trafficking.

As for the ‘why do you do this’ – the answer is pretty straight forward – I feel it needs to be done and obviously the methods in which other activists, community leaders and law enforcement have tackled this problem have not had a significant impact in the lessening of the problem or raising public awareness.

I originally addressed the ‘why do you do what you do’ in a Dec. 2012 blog post entitled ‘No Time for Haters.’ In short that blog post addressed my critics and summed up the ‘why?’ in 14 words… “Because nobody else was, very few do, and there will always be a need.”

As for the ‘who or what are you trying to protect…’ one needs to first be reminded that my (and JohnTV’s) activism is specific to only prostitution that is conducted in public, engaged in under force, fear or coercion, and/or is part of an organized criminal effort (as in a 3rd party is directly benefiting from the prostitution of another).

In short, JohnTV doesn’t concern itself with prostitution that is 100% consensual, conducted completely behind closed doors and/or is not part of an organized criminal effort.

With that in mind, the ‘who are you trying to protect’ should be pretty obvious;

1. The women who are being victimized  - Girls that range in age from 12 to 60-years-old, who are exploited by pimps that often come in the form of a boyfriend or even a relative.
2. The individuals and families living in communities where this criminal activity is occurring.
3. The businesses who lose legitimate customers because of the presence of street prostitutes, pimps and the criminal element they often attract.
4. The family members of those lost to prostitution.
5. The wives of the ‘Johns’ who put so much at risk when patronizing women engaged in this sort of prostitution.

While many people have created their own reality of prostitution in their minds, the video below is how street level prostitution exists in Oklahoma City and these images should make it pretty clear why this criminal activity needs to be stopped and who within our community needs and deserves to be protected…

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5/25/2014 – OKC, OK — Its been over a year and a half since a sting on South Robinson Ave. resulted in the arrest of 12-individuals for engaging in street prostitution. JohnTV goes back and takes a closer look at the numbers.

This prostitution sting occurred on Friday, Aug. 10th of 2012 and was conducted by Oklahoma City Vice. Public records show that seven men were arrested for soliciting prostitution from undercover female officers posing as street prostitutes and five women were arrested for soliciting undercover male police officers posing as ‘Johns.’

Alleged ‘Johns’ Arrested: 7
Harry Robert Smily, 21, of Newall, Pedro Sanchez, 33, of OKC, Gary Virle Kaulaity, 33, of Midwest City, Joshua Ray Flores, 23, OKC, Rogelo Esqunel, 28, Jason Edward Board, 34, and Jose Cadena Bautista, 23, of OKC.

Average Age: 28-years-old.

Oldest: 34

Youngest: 21

Percentage of those arrested that resulted in criminal charges: 100%

Percentage of those criminally charged that resulted in convictions:  100%

Race: 1-Caucasion (14%), 6-Hispanic (86%)

Jail Sentences: 0

Average Fine: $179 ($50-$300)

Sentences: 1-suspended (14%) and 6-deferred (86%)

*Notes:

1. Rogelo Esqunel has apparently already had his record expunged.
2. Jose Cadena Bautista had his prostitution charge reduced to ‘outraging public decency.’

Alleged Prostitutes Arrested: 7

Average Age: 26-years-old

Oldest: 30

Youngest: 21

Percentage of those arrested that resulted in criminal charges: 100%

Percentage of those criminally charged that resulted in convictions: 80% (4/5)

Race: 3-Caucasion (60%), 2-Black (40%)

Jail Sentences: 1 (30-days)

Average Fine: $31.25

Sentences: 2-suspended (40%), 1-deferred (20%), 1-jail conviction (20%), 1-dismissed (20%)

Combined Numbers

Total Arrested: 12

Race: 4-Caucasion (33%), 2-Black (17%), 6-Hispanic (50%)

Johns vs Prostitutes: Johns (58%), Prostitutes (42%)

Percentage of those arrested that resulted in criminal charges: 100%

Percentage of those criminally charged that resulted in convictions: 92% (11/12)

Average Fine: $105

12 alleged street prostitutes and ‘Johns’ arrested on S. Robinson Ave.

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