Tag: Sex Trafficking
Bounty Hunter, James Smith, Sex Trafficking, New Mexico 2022
⏱ 3 min read A ruthless New Mexico bounty hunter has been busted for exploiting vulnerable victims, including a sex trafficking scheme that left one man cowering in fear and another held at gunpoint. Robert Jay Hernandez, 62, of Las Cruces, is accused of targeting jailbirds with addiction problems and offering them a ‘sweet deal’…
Kyle Lee Roy Francis, Child Pornography Possession, Texas 2022
⏱ 3 min read In the dark alleys of the dark web, predators lurked, preying on the innocent. In the Eastern District of Texas, a disturbing trend of child sex abuse and sex trafficking has come to light. Ten offenders, including a Northwest ISD teacher and a sex trafficking ring leader, have been brought to…
Malik Hudson, Sex Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2018
⏱ 2 min read A Philadelphia sex trafficker who failed to keep his registry up to date is going back to prison. Malik Hudson, 30, was sentenced to 19 months for violating his supervised release. Hudson was convicted of sex trafficking a minor in 2018 and served 72 months in prison. He was released in…
Honduran Sex Traffickers Girlfriend, Witness Intimidation, California 2023
⏱ 3 min read A 20-year-old Honduran national is behind bars in Western Virginia, accused of trying to silence a witness in a high-profile sex trafficking case. Dania Orellana-Gamez, the live-in girlfriend of Bryan Sixto Arias-Chicas, is charged with witness tampering after allegedly threatening the minor victim, known as Minor Victim 1, via Facebook Messenger…
Michael Johnson, Sex Trafficking, New York 2025
⏱ 3 min read A ruthless sex trafficking ring operated out of the Sayville Motor Lodge on Long Island, preying on vulnerable women and treating them as commodities for profit. Michael Johnson, also known as Wise, was at the helm of the operation, trafficking multiple women into sexual slavery to satisfy his own greedy desires.…
Stephen L. Negron, Transporting a Minor, Ohio 2024
⏱ 3 min read A 42-year-old Tennessee man faces federal charges for allegedly transporting a teenage girl from Ohio to Florida to engage in sex. Stephen L. Negron, of Rogersville, Tennessee, was charged with transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. Cell phone data revealed the victim’s phone was powered…
Dwayne Davis, Sex Trafficking of a Minor, Wisconsin 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 16-year-old girl’s frantic 911 call on June 4, 2024, sparked a probe into the sex trafficking of a minor in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Dwayne Davis, 31, was accused of preying on the teen’s vulnerability after meeting her online in the spring of 2024. According to court documents, Davis transported the…
Anthony Coleman, Sex Trafficking, Massachusetts 2020
⏱ 2 min read Anthony Coleman, a 36-year-old Lynn man, exploited two women for sex during the COVID-19 pandemic, targeting those who had lost their jobs or homes. Between March and August 2020, Coleman recruited, coerced, and profited from the women, forcing them to engage in commercial sex acts. He was sentenced to 12 years…
Christopher Barbaro, Witness Intimidation, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 72-year-old Ludlow man, Christopher Barbaro, has been charged with threatening the father of a victim in a pending federal sex trafficking case in Boston, Massachusetts. The alleged threats occurred between November 2024 and December 2025, while Barbaro’s grandson was under investigation for conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of a…
Brandon Denzel Washington, Sex Trafficking, Washington 2023
Seattle – Brandon Denzel Washington, 33, a California man with a penchant for control and exploitation, now faces a potential lifetime behind bars after a federal jury convicted him of running a brutal sex trafficking ring stretching across five states. The verdict, delivered yesterday in U.S. District Court, marks a significant, though belated, victory for…
