Florida residents charged with sex trafficking Alabama teen in Louisiana
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
Two people have been arrested in connection with a Terrebonne Parish human-trafficking investigation, authorities said.
Katrice Yolanda Brown, of Orlando, Fla., is charged with enticing a person into prostitution, human trafficking and racketeering, the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office said.
Orlando resident Michael Ashford turned himself in this afternoon at the Terrebonne Parish jail, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities said they were called Monday to a hotel in Houma to investigate a disturbance. They encountered a 19-year-old woman from Alabama along with Brown. Following further investigation, detectives learned the 19-year-old met Ashford on social media and entered into an agreement to have sex in exchange for money to “better her living situation.”
Two arrested, accused of trafficking teen from Alabama Katrice Brown was arrested and Michael Ashford is wanted on human trafficking charges. (Source: TPSO) By Mykal Vincent | March 16, 2021 at 10:22 AM CDT - Updated March 16 at 5:13 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Deputies have arrested a woman and a man accused of trafficking a teenager for sex.
According to Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Tim Soignet, deputies responded to a hotel in reference to a disturbance when they contacted a 19-year-old female from Alabama. Deputies also contacted Katrice Yolanda Brown, 30, who lives in Orlando, Fla.
Investigators learned that the teen met a man named Michael Ashford, also of Orlando, on social media. Officials say she entered into an agreement with Ashford to exchange sex for money “in an attempt to better her living situation.”
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2 Feb 2021
A Louisiana man is accused of raping his niece then hiring hitmen to kill her so she could not testify in court. Now, the alleged hitmen are accused of killing the wrong people.
“The two women who were shot to death apparently died trying to protect the real victim and fight off the killers,” KFOR reported Monday.
The incident happened on January 13 at a home in Montegut in the Terrebonne Parish.
“According to Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Timothy Soginet [Soignet], Breaux [Beaux] Cormier of Kaplan has been arrested for third-degree rape of a family member, and, as a registered sex offender, likely faces a substantial sentence if convicted,” the outlet said.