ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Case # 14NF4905
Date: January 22, 2018
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A sex purchaser from Buena Park was sentenced to 23 years and four months in state prison for attempting to murder a woman by stabbing her in the neck.
Defendant: Emmanuel Lara, 26, Buena Park
Pleaded guilty on Dec. 1, 2018, to the following felony counts: Continue reading→
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
February 24, 2017
Case # 16NF0575
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced today to 11 years and four months in state prison today for pimping four women and smashing a car window when one of the victims attempted to escape. Clifford Tyrone Lawrence, 28, San Francisco, pleaded guilty on Feb. 21, 2017, to four felony counts of pimping, one felony count of pandering, and one misdemeanor count of vandalism causing damage of $400 or more. Continue reading→
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
February 9, 2017
Case # 17CF0331
MUSIC PRODUCER ARRAIGNED FOR PIMPING AND PANDERING TWO WOMEN IN ANAHEIM MOTEL
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A music producer was arraigned today for pimping and pandering two women in an Anaheim motel. Brandon Christopher Ramsay, 24, Granada Hills, also known as “Ramsay Tha Great,” was charged today with two felony counts of pimping and two felony counts of pandering by procuring. If convicted, Ramsay faces a maximum sentence of seven years and four months in state prison. The defendant is being held on $70,000 bail and is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on Feb. 21, 2017, at 8:30 a.m. in Department C-55, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana.
Circumstances of the Case Continue reading→
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
February 7, 2017
Case #’s 16NF2500, 16NF1632
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Los Angeles felon was sentenced to 16 years in state prison yesterday for pimping and threatening victims, then leading police on a foot pursuit through back yards in Stanton after crashing his car. Delane Williams, 42, Sun Valley, pleaded guilty on Feb. 6, 2017, to one felony count each of pimping, criminal threats, evading while driving recklessly, pandering, and attempted pimping, one misdemeanor count each of resisting and obstructing a police officer, aggravated trespassing, destroying or concealing evidence, and violation of a protective order, and sentencing enhancements for prior felony convictions. Continue reading→
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
January 20, 2017
Case # 16CF2928
*Co-defendant sentenced to six years in prison for pimping
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Fresno man was convicted and sentenced to 10 years and eight months in state prison this week for human trafficking, pimping, and pandering a woman and a minor. Justus Isaiah Morris, 20, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, to a court offer of one felony count of human trafficking, one felony count of human trafficking of a minor, one felony count of pimping, one felony count of pimping a minor, one felony count of pandering by procuring, one felony count of pandering with a minor over 16 years old by procuring, and one felony count of carrying a loaded unregistered firearm in public. In addition to prison, Morris was sentenced to mandatory lifetime sex offender registration and was ordered to have no contact with the victims.
Co-defendant Marcos Rocha, 19, Fresno, pleaded guilty on Jan. 18, 2017, to two felony counts of pimping and was sentenced to six years in state prison and was ordered to have no contact with the victims. Continue reading→
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
November 28, 2016
*Conviction details of sex purchasers are featured on the OCDA website
SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) convicted five men in October 2016 of loitering with the intent to commit prostitution or agreeing to engage in prostitution. The defendants in these cases approached a woman whom they believed to be a prostitute, or loitered in areas known for prostitution and human trafficking in Orange County. Each of the defendants below agreed to engage, or loitered with the intent to engage, in commercial sex with a woman and were subsequently arrested by law enforcement.
Defendant/Conviction/Sentence: Continue reading→
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
September 26, 2016
Case # 16NF2624
*Investigation began with a 911 call that a half-naked woman was running through a motel parking lot in Anaheim
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was arraigned today for pimping, pandering, threatening to kill two women, and attempting to murder one of them at a motel in Anaheim. Deandre Henderson, 26, Tustin, is charged with one felony count of attempted murder, one felony count of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, one felony count of first degree residential burglary of an inhabited dwelling, two felony counts of criminal threats, one felony count of pimping, and two felony counts of pandering. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in state prison. He is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on Oct. 26, 2016, at 8:30 a.m. in Department N-12, North Justice Center, Fullerton. Continue reading→
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE: July 27, 2016
Case # 16NF2078
15NF1723
MAN OUT ON BAIL CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING, PIMPING AND PANDERING UNDERAGE TEENAGE GIRL
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was charged yesterday with trafficking, pimping and pandering an underage teenage girl while he was out on bail for another criminal case. Dameon Depree Jefferson, 38, Portland, Oregon, is charged with one felony count of human trafficking of a minor, one felony count of pimping a minor, and one felony count of pandering with a minor under 16 years old by procuring with a sentencing enhancement for crime-bail-crime. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 14 years in state prison. He was arraigned yesterday, July 26, 2016, and is being held on $1 million bail and must prove the money is from a legal and legitimate source before posting bond. He is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on Aug. 3, 2016, at 8:30 a.m. in Department N-3, North Justice Center, Fullerton.
Jefferson is also charged with two felony counts of pandering and two felony counts of attempted pimping in a separate case (Case # 15NF1723). If convicted on those charges, he faces a maximum sentence of seven years and four months in state prison. Continue reading→
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
July 21, 2016
Case # 16NF1627
FULLERTON, Calif. – A Northern California man was convicted and sentenced to prison for pimping a woman and colliding with an unmarked police car as he attempted to evade officers and flee the scene. Treshawn William Johnson, 23, Sacramento, pleaded guilty today, July 21, 2016, to one felony count of pimping and one misdemeanor count of hit and run with property damage. Johnson was sentenced to three years in state prison. Continue reading→
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Case # 12NF2853
Date: April 13, 2016
MAN CONVICTED OF PIMPING AND PANDERING TWO WOMEN IN ANAHEIM MOTEL
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – A man was convicted yesterday of pimping and pandering two women in an Anaheim motel. Dorral Lee Hicks Jr., 27, Yuba, pleaded guilty to the court yesterday April 12, 2016, over the objection by the People, to two felony counts of pimping and two felony counts of pandering by procuring. He is expected to be sentenced to three years in state prison at his sentencing June 20, 2016, at 8:30 a.m. in Department H-5, Harbor Justice Center, Newport Beach.
Circumstances of the Case
Hicks is a pimp who exploits women for financial gain. Victims are often required to turn over all payment they receive for sex acts from sex purchasers to their pimp. Continue reading→
