CSEC2010
United States US
"JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) – Six arrests were made due to crimes discovered during a joint investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office targeting child prostitution, the Department of Justice announced on Monday. Ian Sean Gordon, 29, of Tallahassee, was charged with sex trafficking of a minor. Gordon is accused of enticing the minor and of forcing her to engage in commercial sex acts. If convicted, Gordon faces a sentence ranging from 15 years in prison to life behind bars. Melvin Eugene Friedman, 45, of Jacksonville, was indicted for sex trafficking of a minor, conspiracy to distribute more than five grams of cocaine base, aiding and abetting in the possession of cocaine base, using a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Friedman allegedly enticed a minor while knowing that she would be forced to engage in prostitution. The defendant is also a cocaine dealer and uses his own residence for distributing narcotics. Friedman was previously convicted of manslaughter, sale or delivery of cocaine, and possession of burglary tools. He faces a minimum sentence of20 years and a maximum penalty of two consecutive life sentences plus 70 years. Phillip Anthony Aiken, 28, Oris Alexander English, 45, and Alfredo Martinez Riquene, 42, all from Jacksonville, were charged with sex trafficking of a minor. They allegedly obtained a minor, knowing that the child would be used in prostitution acts. If convicted, each defendant faces a mandatory sentence of 10 years and a maximum term of life imprisonment. Antonio D. Ford, 28, of Jacksonville, was charged with misprision of a felony. The indictment charges that Ford knew about the sex trafficking of a minor and failed to notify federal authorities." -BNO News http://wireupdate.com/wires/8687/jacksonville-child-prostitution-investigation-results-in-six-arrests/
Sex Trafficking2010
United States US
On September 16, 2009, the Canadian woman was apprehended by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office as part of an undercover prostitution sting. At that time, the woman became hysterical and advised officers about what had happened to her. The investigation into Townsend's sex trafficking activities then commenced. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office conducted an undercover prostitution sting. Upon arrival in Jacksonville, after stops in many cities down from New York City, Townsend caused the women to engage in commercial sex acts from an abandoned apartment on Edenfield Road and also from the locations of customers, including local homes and hotels. Investigators amassed a large amount of evidence including hotel records, phone records, bank records, and 28 internet ads in which Townsend advertised the victim's availability for commercial sex acts. Investigators also seized a GPS from Townsend's vehicle and were able to establish locations of various customers in Jacksonville from the data contained in the GPS. The Canadian victim testified that Townsend forcibly removed her personal property (including her passport, cell phone, and laptop computer) from her belongings at the residence of Townsend's brother in Thomasville, North Carolina as a means of preventing her from leaving. Investigators actually recovered the woman's hidden passport from inside a stereo speaker at the brother's residence. Evidence also included a social networking message to one of the victims in which Townsend acknowledged that the victim would be beaten for not making "her number," a reference to a nightly quota of $1,000.00.
CSEC2009
United States US
Sheriff's deputies and the FBI arrested Charles Tyrone Young, 28, in San Marco for using MySpace, Craigslist and other Web sites to lure teenage girls into prostitution. Young goes by the name "Stay Down" and has a home in Las Vegas. Anyone with information about this alleged pimp is asked to call the FBI's Los Angeles office at (310)477-6565.