SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to 20 years in state prison for multiple counts of pimping, pandering, and trafficking women in Orange and other counties.
Defendant: Deunta Patterson, 28, Bakersfield
Pleaded guilty on Oct. 22, 2018 to the following felony counts: Continue reading
Quynh Thuy Nguyen
Hien Thi Nguyen of Huntington Beach, a 29-year-old woman, pleaded guilty Wednesday and was immediately sentenced to more than five years in prison for her part in pimping several women out of three brothels in Orange County, according to the O.C. Register.
Nguyen pleaded guilty to four felony counts of pimping but three felony counts of pimping and seven felony counts of pandering were dismissed as part of a plea deal. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Case # 17CF3297
Date: December 29, 2017
TWO LOS ANGELES MEN CHARGED WITH PIMPING AND PANDERING 15-YEAR-OLD RUNAWAY GIRL IN ORANGE COUNTY
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Two men from Los Angeles County were charged today with pimping and pandering a 15-year-old runaway girl in Orange County.
Defendant: Brandon Lamar Aaron, 29, Hawthorne
Felony Charges: Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
December 21, 2017
Case # 16NF1774
FULLERTON, Calif. – A man was sentenced to 34 years to life in state prison for forcibly raping and trafficking a 15-year-old girl, then pimping and pandering a woman.
Defendant: Raymond Lee Gibson, 29, Colton
Found guilty by a jury on Oct. 12, 2017, of one felony count each of: Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
May 9, 2017
Case # 17CF1135
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Fontana man was arraigned yesterday for trafficking a minor girl from San Bernardino County and pimping the victim in Santa Ana.
Ronald Spurlock
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
March 9, 2017
Case # 14CF2383
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MAN CONVICTED OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, PIMPING, AND PANDERING SEVERAL WOMEN
FULLERTON, Calif. – A San Bernadino man was convicted yesterday of human trafficking, pimping, and pandering of several women. Ronald Preston Spurlock, 38, Grand Terrace, was found guilty by a jury on March 8, 2017, of two felony counts of human trafficking, four felony counts of pimping, eight felony counts of pandering, and one felony count of conspiring to dissuade a witness. Spurlock also pleaded guilty on Feb. 27, 2017, to one felony count of possession of a firearm by a felon. The defendant faces a maximum sentence of 34 years in state prison and mandatory lifetime sex offender registration at his sentencing on June 16, 2017, at 8:30 a.m. in Department N-11, North Justice Center, Fullerton. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
March 7, 2017
Case # 17CF0540
FELON CHARGED WITH PIMPING AND PANDERING WOMAN WHILE OUT ON BAIL
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A felon was charged yesterday with pimping and pandering a woman while out on bail for another pimping-related crime. Christopher Clayton Rico, 29, Carson, is charged with one felony count each of pimping and pandering by procuring with sentencing enhancements for crime-bail-crime and prior strike convictions for first degree burglary in 2007 in Orange County. If convicted, Rico faces a maximum of 15 years in state prison.
Circumstances of the Case Continue reading
Hakeem Lipscomb
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: Vice Detectives Conduct Prostitution Operation-Arrest Three For Human Trafficking
Arrested For Human Trafficking:
On 2-10-17, at approximately 0400 hours, members of the SAPD Vice and Narcotic Unit conducted a prostitution related operation targeting the activity on north Harbor Blvd. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
December 7, 2016
Case # 16WF1916
WESTMINSTER, Calif. – A Los Angeles felon is facing additional charges for human trafficking and pimping four victims, including a 13-year-old girl, and filming the sexual assault of a 15-year-old victim. James Dennis Lyle, 29, Walnut, was charged on Aug. 25, 2016, with one felony count each of human trafficking of a minor, human trafficking, oral copulation of a minor under 16, sodomy of a person under the age of 16, unlawful sexual intercourse, pimping a minor, pandering a minor under 16 by procuring, pimping, and pandering, with a sentencing enhancement for human trafficking by force or fear. Lyle was additionally charged today with one felony count each of human trafficking a minor, pimping a minor, pandering a minor under 16 by procuring, pimping, pandering, assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, and possession and control of child pornography, with a sentencing enhancement for a prior strike conviction for second degree burglary in Los Angeles in 2012. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 56 years and four months in state prison. He is being held on $2 million bail and is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on Feb. 9, 2017, at 8:30 a.m. in Department W-2, West Justice Center, Westminster.
Circumstances of the Case Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
November 18, 2016
Case # 16NF0951
COLORADO MAN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR PANDERING 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN ORANGE COUNTY
*Two co-defendants convicted of human trafficking, pimping, and pandering
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Colorado man was sentenced to three years in state prison today for pandering a 17-year-old girl in Orange County. Jovon Andrew Williams, 21, Denver, Colo., pleaded guilty on Oct. 13, 2016, to one felony count of pandering.
Co-defendant Jahsee Elan Brewster, 33, Denver, Colo., and Clifton Haralson, 34, Long Beach, were each found guilty by a jury on Nov. 16, 2016, of one felony count of human trafficking of a minor, one felony count of pimping a minor, one felony count of pandering by procuring, and one felony count of carrying a loaded unregistered firearm in public. The defendants face a maximum of 12 years and eight months in state prison at their sentencing on Dec. 16, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. in Department C-36, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
August 9, 2016
Case # 16WF1638
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to three years in state prison today for pimping and pandering two women he drove from Fresno to Orange County to solicit commercial sex. Kurtis Chappell, 23, Fresno, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of pimping, two felony counts of pandering by procuring, and one misdemeanor count of driving a motor vehicle without a license. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Case # 15CF2459
Date: May 20, 2016
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced yesterday for the pimping and pandering of a woman and keeping all of the money that she had received from commercial sex acts. Korry Lyn Williams, 26, Hemet, pleaded guilty yesterday, May 20, 2016, to one felony count of pimping and one felony count of pandering. Williams was sentenced to six years in state prison stayed pending the completion of 412 days in jail, four years of formal probation, and was ordered to pay restitution.
Circumstances of the Case
Williams is a pimp who exploits women for financial gain. The victims are often required to turn over all payment they receive for sex acts from sex purchasers to their pimp. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Case # 16NF1413
Date: May 12, 2016
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A striker was arraigned today for the human trafficking, pandering, and attempted pimping of a fictitious minor girl using a social media website. AC Antonio Chavez Moses III, 39, Los Angeles, is charged with one felony count of human trafficking of a minor, one felony count of attempted pimping of a minor, and one felony count of pandering by promise, threat, or violence to become a prostitute. Moses also faces sentencing enhancement allegations for a prior strike conviction for voluntary manslaughter with the use of a firearm in 1996 in Los Angeles County, and a prior prison conviction for pandering and battery in Clark County, Nevada in 2012. If convicted, Moses faces a maximum sentence of 20 years and eight months in state prison. Moses is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on May 20, 2016, at 8:30 am. in Department N-3, North Justice Center, Fullerton. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Case # 15CF2635
Date: January 25, 2016
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A convicted felon was sentenced Friday to three years in state prison for conspiracy to commit pimping and carrying a loaded firearm in public. Andrew Michael Meteau, 29, Pomona, pleaded guilty Jan. 22, 2016, to one felony count of conspiracy to commit pimping, and one felony count of carrying a loaded firearm in public with a prior conviction and sentencing enhancements for four prior felony convictions for possession of methamphetamine in 2008 in San Bernardino County, possession of a controlled substance in 2010 in Nevada, carrying a loaded firearm in public in 2005 in Los Angeles County and possession of a firearm by a felon in 2012 in San Bernardino County and not remaining free for a period of five years of both prison custody and the commission of his four prior felonies. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Date: January 15, 2016
Case # 15CF2734, 13CF3365
MAN CHARGED FOR PIMPING AND PANDERING WOMAN IN SANTA ANA
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man has been charged for pimping and pandering a woman in Santa Ana. Jermyn Jeraldo Logie, 40, Los Angeles, is charged with one felony count of pimping and one felony count of pandering with a sentencing enhancement for crime-bail-crime. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of eight years in state prison. He is out of custody on $35,000 bail. The scheduled arraignment yesterday was continued in court to Feb. 4, 2016, at 8:30 a.m. in Department C-55, Central Jail Santa Ana.
Co-defendant Jeremy Monte Daniels is charged with one felony count of pimping and one felony count of pandering. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of six years in state prison. Daniels is out of custody on $35,000 bail and is scheduled for pre-trial at 8:30 a.m. in Department C-5, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. Continue reading