Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors - Women's Funding Network

Texas
• July 6, 2011- Houston*
— Reported on July 6, 2011, by khou.com
— 25-year-old Valencia Nakia Bailey was behind bars Wednesday, accused of forcing a
teenager into a life of prostitution.
— The 16 year old victim said Bailey would put sex ads with her picture on backpage.com.
— Bailey was arrested on Tuesday and was being held on $20,000 bond.
• June 23, 2011- Lubbock
— Reported on June 23, 2011, by James Clark of KCBD.com
— A Lubbock man accused of participating in a child sex trafficking ring, Chanze Lamount
Pringler, 25, pleaded not guilty Wednesday afternoon.
— He and his co-defendant, Megan Lee Norman, 19, were arrested back in March during a
Lubbock Police sting operation and were accused of coercing an underage girl into
prostitution.
— Pringler and Norman will be in court next week for the judge to decide if they can bond out of
jail before trial.
— Previously reported on June 1, 2011, by Avalanche-Journal: A federal grand jury
Wednesday handed down a three-count indictment charging Chanze Lamount Pringler, 25,
and Megan Lee Norman, 19, with perpetrating a child sex-trafficking conspiracy.
— Previously reported on April 1, 2011, by Avalanche-Journal: Norman and Pringler were
arrested in an undercover sex trafficking sting operation and booked into the Lubbock County
Jail on multiple prostitution-related charges. The 16-year-old victim was taken to the Lubbock
County Juvenile Justice Center (and has since been released to Child Protective Services).
• May 6, 2011- Midland*
— Reported on May 6, 2011, by Audrie Palmer of Midland Reporter-Telegram
— Jay Lavone Lloyd, 40, pleaded guilty to a trafficking of a persons charge Thursday before a
Midland judge and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
— He was originally arrested October 22 after an undercover prostitution sting revealed that he
was prostituting a 17 year old girl.
— Midland County Sheriff's Office investigators had set up the sting after learning about the
escort service, Doll House Mates, through a solicitation on Backpage.com, a website similar
to Craigslist where people can post services and want ads.
— Lloyd has been held in the Midland County Jail on a $500,000 bond since his arrest.
— Previously reported on October 25, 2010, by Abby Reed of NewsWest 9: Lloyd and
Thomas were arrested during an undercover sting operation and face charges with human
trafficking and compelling prostitution and could serve life if convicted. They remain in jail with
$250,000 bonds for each charge
• April 14, 2011- Rio Grande City
— Reported on April 14, 2011, by Jared Taylor of The Monitor
— Federal agents arrested a fourth man the day after an indictment against three others in a
teen sex trafficking case was unsealed in federal court.
— Antonio Martinez Villarreal, 38, joins Juan Antonio Garcia Garay, 31, Juan Ignacio Chavarria,
25, and Jorge Eutacio Martinez Mendoza, 46, indicted on human trafficking and smuggling
charges
— The victim was a 13 year old girl
• March 3, 2011- Austin
— Reported on March 3, 2011, by Enrique Rangel of Lubbock Online
— In mid-February, nearly two weeks after the city of Arlington hosted the 2011 Super Bowl,
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said federal, state and local authorities succeeded in
cracking down on sex traffickers, netting 133 arrests.
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