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and advertised her for sexual favors. Two other 17-year-old girls also told investigators that
they worked as prostitutes for Vaughn, Riehle and Metzger.
• May 13, 2011- Wausau
— Reported on May 13, 2011, by Jeff Starck of Wausau Daily Herald
— A Wausau woman "fed her daughter to the wolves" when she agreed to live with a registered
sex offender and another man now accused of molesting the 9-year-old and is charged with
five years in prison followed by five years of extended supervision
— The two men who lived with the woman, Clyde R. McCollum Jr., 38, and Bryan Hearron, 41,
still face criminal charges.
— "In essence, for $400 a month, it was sick prostitution of this child," Marathon County
Assistant District Attorney Theresa Wetzsteon said.
• January 21, 2011- Milwaukee
— Reported on January 21, 2011, by John Diedrich of The Journal Sentinel
— A Milwaukee man was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for recruiting a 14-year-old girl
as a prostitute.
— On Friday Chief U.S. District Judge Charles Clevert sentenced 35-year-old Amani Booker
— Booker admitted he and Holly Arnold found the girl walking on a Milwaukee street on May 21.
Booker told the girl she could make a lot of money.
— Prosecutors said the three went to a hotel, where Booker gave the girl marijuana and took
nude photos of her, which he posted on the Internet.
— Arnold was sentenced to a year in prison. Sentencing guidelines called for 14 to 17 years in
prison for Booker. His attorney asked for the minimum sentence: 10 years in prison.
• July 14, 2010 – Milwaukee
— Reported July 14, 2010, by John Diedrich of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
— Nicholas Harrison, 20, was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to Sex
Trafficking of Children by Force.
— Received lower sentence for providing information implicating his father, who he helped in
their sex trafficking.
• June 16, 2010 – Milwaukee
— Reported June 16, 2010, by John Diedrich of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
— A couple stopped a 14-year-old on the street and convinced her to get into the car and
perform sex acts for money at a local hotel.
— Amani Booker and Holly Arnold face sentences of 15 years to life in prison if convicted.
— Arnold, a convicted prostitute, gave the girl marijuana and took nude photos of her and
posted them to “a local website.”
— Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Wall is also prosecuting this federal case. This was the third
of its kind in Milwaukee in 18 months.
• July 1, 2010 – Milwaukee*
— Reported July 1, 2010, by Bruce Vielmetti of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
— Todd Carter, 40, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison making him “the first person
convicted in Wisconsin under a tough federal law aimed at the sex trafficking of children.”
— Pimped at least half a dozen girls in Wisconsin and surrounding states with the help of
Nicholas Harrison, his 20-year-old son
— Carter took nude photos of the girls and posted them on Craigslist.
— Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Wall sought a tougher sentence in order to, "send a message
to the people who pull the strings.”
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