Missing Nc Teen Found During Human Trafficking Sting Operation

L to R: Timothy King, Jesse McMinn, Tabitha Banks (Photo: KCSO) 

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A missing North Carolina child was found during a human trafficking sting operation in Knox County Tuesday.

Timothy King, Jesse McMinn and Tabitha Banks were arrested during the operation at a Holiday Inn in Knoxville at 9143 Executive Park Drive.

Investigators found an advertisement on Backpage.com. After contacting McMinn, an undercover detective made an appointment for a “two girl special.”

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Man Gets 6 Years For Trying To Pay For Sex With Woman’s Teen daughters

A Pennsylvania man in the area on business gave $200 to a woman, which he thought was the price to have sex with her 14- and 15-year-old daughters.

It was actually a set-up by federal and local authorities, and on Friday, 38-year-old Shane R. Lewis of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to six years in prison by Kane County Associate Judge Linda Abrahamson, according to the Kane County state’s attorney’s office.

On Jan. 8, 2015, Lewis, in DuPage County on business, went to a hotel in Aurora “with the intent to pay to have sex with what he believed would be a 14-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl,” a statement from prosecutors said.

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Third Toledo Pastor Faces Sex Trafficking Of A Minor Charges

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Federal authorities detained a third Toledo pastor charged with sex trafficking of a juvenile one day after the man took to social media to profess apologies, affirm a desire to please God, and a pledge to resist people who want to “tear” him down.

Agents arrested the Rev. Kenneth Butler, 37, of Kingdom Encounter Family Worship Center, without incident Wednesday evening. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office said Mr. Butler’s case is connected to the previous arrests of the Revs. Cordell Jenkins and Anthony Haynes.

In an affidavit filed in federal court Thursday, an FBI agent stated a victim told investigators she met Mr. Butler at Mr. Haynes' church when she was 15, and the two of them had sex when she was 16 on at least two occasions.

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12 Arrested In Child Porn Bust Include Suspect Known As 'dallasnastyman000'

From top left: Alexander Valdez, 23; Anthony Estes, 44; Chester Miller, 64; Daniel Garner, 33; John Galanopoulos, 33; Juan Galviz, 20; Leonardo Velazquezmarin, 21; Miguel Calixto, 19; Misael Lopez, 36; Paul Coleman, 36; Ronald Castillo, 24; and Steven Nagle-Perkins, 62.

(Dallas County jail ) 

 

 

Updated at 4:30 p.m. Thursday: Revised to include additional arrests. 
Dallas police have arrested 12 men in two weeks as part of an extensive investigation into child pornography traded online.

The arrests are part of a larger crimes-against-children investigation in which local and federal authorities arrested 28 people, 20 of them accused of possessing pornographic images of children.

Police said six were arrested on child trafficking charges, one was arrested on an online solicitation of a minor charge and another was arrested on a charge of sexual performance of a child.

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Sex Trafficking Arrest Made By Waite Park Police

A fourth man connected with a sex-trafficking investigation has been arrested by Waite Park Police. 

Deandre Jones, 22, of Minneapolis was arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning after police received information he may be at a party in the 400 block of 29th Avenue North in St. Cloud. 

At about midnight, police confirmed Jones was at the residence. Officers shocked Jones with a Taser after he tried to flee through a back bedroom. No other injuries were reported. 

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Motel 6 Pays $250,000 To Settle Human Trafficking Suit

Motel 6 is closing the door on a lawsuit over alleged human trafficking.

Motel 6 has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by Los Angeles that alleged one of the chain's locations was a base for human traffickers, drug dealers and gang members, prosecutors said.

Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the money will be used to help deter human trafficking.
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Child Sex Trafficking Plea Nets 19-Year Prison Term For Tulsa Man With Gang Ties

A 22-year-old Tulsa man who ran an underage sex trafficking ring even after he was arrested was sentenced to 19 years in federal prison Monday.

Joshua Lavel Harring will also serve seven years of supervised release upon his discharge from custody.

Harring has been in jail since Jan. 6, 2016, when he was arrested hours after a police officer investigating underage prostitution received minor injuries when he was struck by a fleeing vehicle in the 8100 block of East Skelly Drive.

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