Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors - Women's Funding Network

— Chad Walker, 26, was booked into the Pinal County Adult Detention Center on counts of
causing a minor to engage in child prostitution and aggravated assault, according to the
sheriff's office news release.
— Walker was also indicted on those counts by a grand jury on June 15. He's being held on a
$250,000 cash bail.
— Previously reported on June 15, 2011 by AZFamily.com: On June 6, the 15 year old
victim called 911 to report to the Pinal County Sheriff's Office that she has been beaten up by
her "pimp." On Tuesday, Walker was booked into the Pinal County Adult Detention Center on
one count each of aggravated assault and causing a minor to engage in child prostitution.
The victim told deputies that Walker arranges clients through the "Escort Services" section of
Backpage.com.
• April 19, 2011- Phoenix
— Reported on April 19, 2011, by The Associated Press printed in NECN.com
— Juan Lara Jr. was sentenced Tuesday for his guilty pleas to attempted child prostitution
charges.
— Avondale police arrested Lara last April after police said he tattooed two 16-year-old girls,
one in exchange for sex.
— The 38-year-old Lara originally faced charges of sexual conduct with a minor, child
prostitution, attempted child prostitution and unlawful tattooing.
— Previously reported August 12, 2010 by The Arizona Republic: Juan Lara Jr., 38, faces
one count of sexual conduct with a minor, two counts each of child prostitution and attempted
child prostitution and seven counts of unlawful tattooing, records state.
• April 25, 2011- Phoenix
— Reported on April 22, 2011, by Alicia Wallace of The Daily Camera.
— The former CEO of Sunflower Farmers Market is scheduled to go on trial Aug. 9 in Arizona
on a charge of child prostitution.
— Fifty-two-year-old Michael Gilliland of Longmont, Colo., has pleaded not guilty to knowingly
offering to pay for sex with someone he believed to be a 17-year-old girl.
— Previously reported on March 3, 2011, by MyFoxPhoenix.com: Michael Gilliland, the
founder of two popular grocery store chains pleads not guilty to charges of soliciting sex with
an underage girl. Detectives say the 52-year-old offered to pay an undercover officer posing
as a 17-year-old girl $100 for sex.
— First reported February 10, 2011 on CNN and KNXV ABC 15
• February 24, 2011- Tucson
— Reported on February 24, 2011, by Jamar Younger of Arizona Daily News
— A 27-year-old man has been arrested after he was accused of seeking to have sex with
children, police said.
— Jeffrey Allen Albert is facing one count of molestation of a child (conspiracy to commit) and
one count of luring a minor for sexual exploitation, according to the Tucson Police
Department.
— Detectives from the Internet Crimes Against Children unit began investigating Albert after
they received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding an
ad placed on the Internet.
— The ad was soliciting other men to bring their children to Albert to have sex with him.
• September 9, 2010 – Phoenix*
- Reported September 9, 2010 by Michelle Parks of ABC 15
- Four men now face federal charges for their involvement in a sex-trafficking operation in
Phoenix and an alleged role in what lead to the murder of an 18-year-old girl.
- The U.S. Attorneys Office unsealed the five-count indictment Thursday which named 31-
year-old George Windley from Nevada, 39-year old Jacob Heckstall and Muttaqui Windley,
28, of Phoenix, and Michael Lazar, 42, from Scottsdale.
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