A North Texas man will have plenty of time to reflect upon his actions now that a federal judge sentenced him to spend the next 90 years in prison for enticing local children to perform sexual acts in pornographic videos he produced.
Federal prosecutors say two Texas men will remain in custody for their alleged roles in the sex trafficking of a 13-year-old girl who, purportedly, was victimized by up to four different adult males.
A Texas teen mentor and founder of a nonprofit youth organization pleaded guilty Monday to the charge of sexual exploitation of a child, also known as production of child pornography, announced Abe Martinez, acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas.
A Texas drama teacher convicted for exchanging nude photos and videos online with a 13-year-old Michigan boy received 20 years in prison last week on a federal child porn charge.
A North Texas man got 20 years in federal prison for creating a fake Facebook profile which he used to lure and, later, pressure young girls into sending him compromising nude selfies.
Federal law enforcement authorities continue to crack down on internet sex predators, sentencing a second west Texas man to prison on child porn charges in less than one week.
A west Texas man, formerly a corrections officer who pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography earlier this year, got eight years in federal prison Monday for the crime.
Backpage.com has closed its adult advertising section after two state attorneys general and a U.S. Senate panel has focused a light on its ads. The classified ads website has long been criticized for facilitating the promotion of sex trafficking, sometimes allegedly involving minors. The CEO was arrested in October.
A former Texas pediatric cancer doctor was sentenced to seven years in federal prison after being convicted on three child pornography charges.
Another pimp has been busted for prostituting a minor on Backpage.
A south Texas woman will spend 30 years in federal prison for a babysitting scam in which she videotaped the sexual assault of a toddler in her care. The molestation was committed by her boyfriend, a convicted sex offender.
A Texas man has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing orphans. He used his position in a foreign country as orphanage manager, and access to better accommodations and amenities like hot water, to lure the minor victims. One of these children was suffering from HIV.
A Texas coastal resident has been sentenced to fifty years in federal prison after pleading guilty to producing child pornography. The man and his girlfriend had advertised on Craigs List saying they would provide babysitting services. He was found to be engaging in producing child porn when authorities investigated a call for sexual assault of a child.
A former Texas congressional staffer to U.S. Representative Joe Barton (R-Texas) has pleaded guilty to one count of knowingly receiving child pornography. He attempted to forward these images to his official U.S. House of Representatives email account.
