Related News: Teen prostitute rescued, 3 pimps arrested in Alabama as part of FBI nationwide sex-trafficking sweep

Posted on June 24, 2014 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Teen prostitute rescued, 3 pimps arrested in Alabama as part of FBI nationwide sex-trafficking sweep.

A 17-year-old Alabama girl forced into prostitution was rescued and three pimps arrested during a week-long, nationwide sex-trafficking operation, the FBI announced Monday.

Also in North Alabama, which stretches from Birmingham to Huntsville, lawmen rescued a six-week old baby and identified 14 adult women, some of who had been forced into prostitution since they were juveniles.

“Sex trafficking of children is one of the most violent and unconscionable crimes committed in this country,” said Richard D. Schwein Jr., special agent in charge of the FBI’s Birmingham division. “There are few law enforcement missions more important than protecting our nation’s children.”

Operation Cross County VIII was carried out in 106 cities across 54 FBI field divisions. Lawmen recovered 168 children who were being victimized through prostitution, and arrested 281 pimps on state and federal charges.

Source: AL.com

Related News: Eiland receives split sentence in child porn case

Posted on June 20, 2014 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Andalusia Star News published an article titled Eiland receives split sentence in child porn case.

Former Andalusia Area Chamber of Commerce Director Ashley Bostwick Eiland received a split sentence, including both prison time and probation, Thursday in front of Circuit Judge Ashley McKathan.

Source: Andalusia Star News

Related News: Human trafficker sentenced to 50 years

Posted on June 20, 2014 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Dothan Eagle published an article titled Human trafficker sentenced to 50 years.

A Houston County judge sentenced a Tennessee man to 50 years in prison for involving a teenage girl in human trafficking and giving her illegal drugs.

Circuit Court Judge Butch Binford sentenced 28-year-old Santiago Alonso to serve 40 years in prison for the felony first-degree human trafficking charge and an additional 10 years for the felony distribution of drugs to a minor charge. He ordered both charges to be served consecutively with each other. Binford also sentenced Alonso to 12 months in the county jail for a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge. But Binford ordered that sentence to be served concurrently with the 50-year sentence.

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: Carl Philip Herold’s lawyer wants out of Huntsville child sex abuse case

Posted on June 20, 2014 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Carl Philip Herold’s lawyer wants out of Huntsville child sex abuse case.

Carl Philip Herold could be looking for a new lawyer in his multi-count child sex abuse case after his attorney filed notice seeking to leave the case.

Madison County Circuit Judge Chris Comer has set a hearing for Thursday on the issue.

Herold’s Birmingham-based attorney Steven Eversole was hired after Herold’s November arrest.

Eversole filed notice seeking to withdraw as Herold’s attorney and noted that his appearance was only for district court — the case is now in circuit court. The filing argues he has fulfilled his contractual obligations to Herold.

Source: AL.com

Related News: Sex crime suspect to remain out on bond

Posted on June 20, 2014 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Dothan Eagle published an article titled Sex crime suspect to remain out on bond.

Investigators with the Hartford Police Department arrested Graue on May 2, and charged him with felony traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act and felony electronic solicitation of a child.

Hartford Police Chief Annie Ward told the Eagle shortly after Graue’s arrest that the charges allegedly involved his arranging to meet someone he believed to be a 14-year-old girl through an online dating site. The arrest was made through an ongoing undercover investigation handled by the Hartford Police Department and the Perverted Justice Foundation.

“Since it was an internet-related sex charge, he was prohibited from having internet in his home or having a smart phone,” Smith said.

Smith said his client’s wife lives in Missouri, and due to her suffering from breast cancer and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) he’d found himself having to take care of her.

“He was forced to go there to help care for his wife after (the) caregivers quit,” Smith said. “He was just visiting and he was basically just there for a limited time to find a caregiver for his wife.”

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: Jackson county deputies make arrests in 2 separate investigations involving sex crimes against minors

Posted on June 20, 2014 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Jackson county deputies make arrests in 2 separate investigations involving sex crimes against minors.

Investigators charged Austin Tyler Lemoine, 19, of Stevenson with second-degree rape. Investigator Tony Baker said the victim was a 12-year-old girl.

Source: AL.com

Related News: Father held in slaying of man who sexually abused his daughter seeks quick trial

Posted on June 20, 2014 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Father held in slaying of man who sexually abused his daughter seeks quick trial.

An Alabama father is seeking a speedy trial on charges he killed a man convicted of sexually abusing his daughter.

Defense lawyer Tommy Drake filed the request in Cullman County Circuit Court on Friday. Drake says a hearing is set for Tuesday.

Source: AL.com

Related News: Daleville woman convicted of child solicitation

Posted on June 20, 2014 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Dothan Eagle published an article titled Daleville woman convicted of child solicitation.

A Daleville woman was found guilty Thursday of soliciting a child for sex.

Dale County District Attorney Kirke Adams said Circuit Court Judge William Filmore revoked the bail for 32-year-old Heather Fulford Bryant after a jury found her guilty of a felony electronic solicitation of a child.

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: Jury to begin deliberating fate of former Country Day School teacher charged with sodomy

Posted on June 20, 2014 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Jury to begin deliberating fate of former Country Day School teacher charged with sodomy.

A jury will begin in the morning weighing the case of a former Country Day School teacher and coach charged with two counts of sodomy involving a former student.

The task before the jury after three days of testimony is to decide if the accuser, now 21, is lying as the defense argues or if she was the victim of a “pedophile” who hid what he was doing for a number of years, as the prosecution contends.

Source: AL.com

Related News: State Supreme Court reinstates Mobile man’s child rape conviction, life prison sentence

Posted on June 19, 2014 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled State Supreme Court reinstates Mobile man’s child rape conviction, life prison sentence.

The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday reversed an appeals court decision and reinstated the conviction and life sentence of a man found guilty of raping a young relative.

The decision, which came on an 8-1 vote, means that Rickey Cleston Woods, 54, will resume a sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole.

Source: AL.com

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