Tag: Sex Trafficking
Andres Serrano Portillo, Sex Trafficking, Texas 2019
⏱ 2 min read In a shocking case of exploitation, Andres Serrano Portillo, a 25-year-old member of the Forum Park Crips, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking a 16-year-old minor in Houston, Texas. The crimes occurred in October 2019, when Portillo lured the victim on social media and forced her…
Devin Maurice Harmon, Sex Trafficking of a Minor, Texas 2024
⏱ 2 min read Devin Maurice Harmon, a 51-year-old California man, was sentenced to life in federal prison for a series of heinous crimes involving the exploitation, trafficking, and abuse of a minor over several years in Texas. The crimes took place from an unspecified start date until July 4, 2024, when law enforcement first…
Antonio Michel, Sex Trafficking of a Minor, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read Three men in South Florida have been sentenced for their roles in a sex trafficking scheme that exploited vulnerable teenage girls who had run away from foster care. Antonio Michel, Jaime Figueroa, and Raymond Jean preyed upon the girls’ youth and instability, forcing them into commercial sex acts for financial gain.…
Aaron Tyrone Betford, Sex Trafficking, Texas 2022
⏱ 2 min read A sex trafficking conspiracy operated out of the Paris Adult Bookstore on Harry Hines Boulevard in Dallas has been shut down by federal, state, and local law enforcement. Eight individuals, including Aaron Tyrone Betford and Montre Lamont Mason, were charged on July 22 for their alleged roles in the conspiracy, which…
Omari Scott, Sex Trafficking and Murder, New York 2025
⏱ 2 min read Omari Scott, a Brooklyn man, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for sex trafficking and murder in the course of sex trafficking. Scott, also known as ‘Prince’ and ‘Sir Prince’, exploited women at an open-air sex market in Brooklyn known as the ‘Penn Track’. He orchestrated the murder of a…
Christopher W. Glover, Sex Trafficking, Alabama 2025
⏱ 2 min read Christopher W. Glover, a 47-year-old man from Simms, Alabama, attempted to traffick a minor for sex in Pensacola, Florida, in October 2025. Glover, who worked for the Baldwin County School District, communicated with who he believed to be a 14-year-old female, offering her hundreds of dollars for sexual acts. When he…
Travis R. Moreland, Sex Trafficking, Missouri 2025
⏱ 2 min read Travis R. Moreland, a 37-year-old Columbia, Missouri man, was busted in an online sting operation for attempting to entice and sex traffic a minor. On December 29, 2025, Moreland allegedly engaged in online communication with an undercover law enforcement officer posing as a 16-year-old minor, arranging to meet for sex in…
Javier Cyree Tyrell Brown, Sex Trafficking, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read Javier Cyree Tyrell Brown, a 28-year-old from Pensacola, Florida, has been indicted on federal sex trafficking charges. The allegations against Brown include commercial sex trafficking, financially benefiting from commercial sex trafficking, and coercion and enticement for interstate prostitution. The indictment is the result of a joint investigation by Homeland Security Investigations,…
Brian Keith Hicks, Sex Trafficking, Louisiana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Brian Keith Hicks, a 27-year-old Texas man, has been indicted for sex trafficking, obstruction, and possession of firearms in Louisiana. Between May 2025 and the present, Hicks allegedly trafficked an adult female from Texas and California to engage in commercial sex acts in Louisiana and elsewhere. The indictment also alleges that…
Veronica Clarice Baker, Sex Trafficking a Minor, Montana 2023
⏱ 2 min read A 31-year-old woman from Lame Deer, Montana, has been sentenced to 6 years in prison for trafficking a child for sex in Billings. Veronica Clarice Baker pleaded guilty in July 2025 to one count of sex trafficking a minor. The crime occurred in April 2023, when Baker met a man named…
