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A plea agreement, also known as a plea bargain, is a agreement between a defendant and a prosecutor in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty to a crime in exchange for a reduced charge or sentence. Plea agreements can be a useful tool for resolving criminal cases, as they can save time and resources by avoiding the need for a trial. However, plea agreements can also raise concerns about fairness and justice, as they may result in defendants pleading guilty to crimes they did not commit in order to avoid harsher penalties. In general, plea agreements must be approved by a judge before they can be implemented.
An Anza-based Christian college with satellite schools across the world has been the target of a three-year federal investigation triggered by a frantic 911 call to Riverside County authorities from a student who claimed she had not been allowed to leave the campus for months. Homeland Security Investigations, a division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,…
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte today sentenced Sirron Little, age 32, of Washington, D.C., to 10 years in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for sex trafficking of a minor to engage in commercial sex acts. Little recruited the victim, a homeless 15-year-old girl, to work for him…
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III today sentenced Ryan Odell Oliver, a/k/a “Dre,” “Fame,” and “Foreign,” age 40, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 15 years in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for sex trafficking at least three victims. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the…
WARNING: This story contains descriptions and language associated with child sex offending A man who tried to buy a child online for sex has received just over three years for his depraved actions at a resentencing heard in court today. Known on the dark web as “Kiwipedo”, Aaron Joseph Hutton was sent to jail last…
A Lititz man will spend up to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to sending and asking for lewd messages from individuals he believed were children, but who were actually law enforcement agents. Sean Deemer, 55, pleaded guilty in Lancaster County Court to three counts each of unlawful contact with a minor from two…
Darnell Fulton admitted he forced children to bake and sell his brownies, and to transporting them to sell them for sex.
ALEXANDRIA, La. – Assistant Attorney General Clarke and United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Darnell Fulton, 38, of Pineville, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to compel labor by three minors and to transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. According to the plea agreement, between June 2016 and…
WACO, Texas (KWTX) – A deadlocked jury in favor of the defendant in a labor trafficking and sexual assault case Friday morning led to a plea agreement that averted a mistrial in the case. Teddy Hoang, 52, the former owner of a nail salon on Lake Shore Drive, was on trial in Waco’s 19th State…
Three defendants were sentenced today for their roles in a federal racketeering conspiracy that victimized over a dozen Mexican H-2A workers who had worked in the United States harvesting fruits, vegetables and other agricultural products between 2015 and 2017. U.S. District Court Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell for the Middle District of Florida sentenced Christina Gamez,…
Tampa, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the results achieved to date by the Middle District of Florida to combat human trafficking. This includes trafficking of minors, forced labor, and sex trafficking of adults by force, fraud, or coercion. During fiscal year 2022, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of…
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