Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors - Women's Funding Network

down the Adult Services section. Saving even one child is worth it. It could have
been us.
Sincerely,
AK & MC
Survivors of Craigslist Sex Trafficking"
• Week of April 5, 2010 – Ripon, Calif.
— Reported April 11, 2010, by Ely Portillo of the Charlotte Observer.
— Truck driver from Charlotte, N.C., Mirza Eganovic, 30, arrested for allegedly having sex with a
17-year-old victim of child prostitution in California.
— Eganovic faces charges of Engaging in Prostitution and Unlawful Intercourse with a Minor
Three or More Years Younger and Oral Copulation of a Person Under 18.
Colorado
• June 22, 2011- Denver*
— Reported on June 22, 2011, by Jeffry Wolf of 9News.com
— Three people were formally charged on Wednesday over the allegations they forced a 17-
year-old girl to participate in prostitution.
— The DA charged 22-year-old Chester Gray with trafficking in children, pimping of a child and
procurement of a child; 50-year-old Frank Devoe is charged with procurement of a child and
inducement of child prostitution; and 24-year-old Ryann Pangle is charged with seconddegree
kidnapping, unlawful sexual contact and third-degree assault.
— Gray and Devoe convinced the victim into participating in prostitution and when she tried to
leave, Pangle stopped her and assaulted her.
— Reported on June 22, 2011, by Denver Westword Blogs (references the use of
Backpage.com)
• April 19, 2011- Denver
— Reported on April 19, 2011, by Christina Dickinson of 9News NBC.
— Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey says Theresa Laswell, 19, was charged with felony
pandering of a child - arranging prostitution and felony pimping of a child.
— Her brother, Christian Laswell, 29, was charged in March with felony pandering of a child -
menacing, felony pimping of a child, felony child prostitution - soliciting and felony trafficking
in children.
— Morrissey says the two have allegedly been running a prostitution operation with at least one
girl under 18 years old.
— Reported on April 20, 2011 in The Denver Post.
• June 17, 2011- Denver*
— Reported on June 17, 2011, by Deb Stanley of ABC 7News
— A jury has convicted Dallas Colby Cardenas, 19, of pimping and trafficking two 17-year-old
girls in Denver between May and June 2010.
— Cardenas used sexually suggestive Craigslist ads to find customers, according to the
indictment.
— Cardenas told the girls to charge $175 per hour or $150 per hour, and give the money they
earned to him, prosecutors said.
— Cardenas is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 16.
— Reported on June 17, 2011, by Andrea Rael of The Huffington Post
— Previously reported on October 25, 2010, by ABC 7 News – Denver: Two men have been
indicted, accused of pimping a 17-year-old girl and 18-year-old woman on Craigslist. Dallas
Colby Cardenas, 19, has been charged with human trafficking, pimping, trafficking of
children, pimping of a child, pandering of a child and inducement of child prostitution. Ryan
Keith Jenkins, 23, has been charged with conspiracy to commit pimping and possession of a
controlled substance.
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