Man Indicted for Forced Labor and Sex Trafficking of Women Forced to Work as Prostitutes in Orange County

A Long Beach man was arraigned Monday in federal court after being indicted by a federal grand jury with sex trafficking and forced labor in connection with coercing women to engage in prostitution, announced André Birotte, Jr., the United States Attorney in Los Angeles; Steven Martinez, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office; and Paul Walters, Chief of the Santa Ana Police Department.

Roshaun (aka “Kevin”) Nakia Porter, 36, of Long Beach, California, was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 25, 2012. The indictment, returned in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, charges Porter with two counts of forced labor, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1589 (a); and two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1591.

According to a federal criminal complaint filed in federal court following Porter’s April 10 arrest, the FBI was contacted by detectives with the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) following an undercover sting operation conducted by detectives with the SAPD’s Special Investigations-Vice Unit in early April. During the sting, detectives encountered five females who claimed that Porter was forcing them to work as prostitutes.

The complaint alleges that victims advised detectives that Porter operates a prostitution ring in the Orange County area and that he meets potential victims by placing ads on www.craigslist.com and www.seekingarrangements.com. The victims claimed they responded to Porter’s ads and believed they were entering into a monogamous relationship with Porter. The women claimed that, after Porter maintained a romantic relationship with them, he forced them to work as prostitutes. Victims claimed they had no means to support themselves and that they lived and worked in hotels in Orange County while they worked for Porter, according to the complaint.

The complaint further alleges that Porter charged his customers between $100 for 15 minutes to $300 for 60 minutes for illicit sex, and that all of the proceeds were provided by the victims to Porter. Additionally, Porter threatened victims by telling them that if they tried to leave, he would find them and hurt their families. The complaint alleges that Porter used physical violence to control some of the victims and that victims claimed to be afraid of Porter and his threats. Some of the victims claimed they tried to run away from Porter and that he would respond by threatening them via text message and phone calls. In one case, a victim claimed Porter threatened to kill her family members if she tried to leave, according to the complaint.

Based on evidence obtained during the joint investigation, agents and detectives believe that Porter may have additional victims. Anyone with information about victims may contact the FBI at 310-477-6565 or the Santa Ana Police Department at 714-245-8501.

Porter was denied bail during a detention hearing on April 12. A trial date was scheduled for June 19, 2012.

If convicted of the charges in the indictment, Porter faces a statutory maximum penalty of life in federal prison.

This investigation is being conducted by the FBI and the Santa Ana Police Department’s Special Investigations-Vice Unit. Porter is being prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office.

An indictment contains allegations that a defendant has committed a crime. Every defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Assistant United States Attorney Sandy N. Leal: 714-338-3531

FBI Media Relations: 310-996-3343

Kewa Pueblo Man Receives 30-Month Prison Sentence for Federal Assault with Dangerous Weapon Conviction

ALBUQUERQUE—Today in federal court in Santa Fe, Scott Daniel Benavidez, 29, was sentenced to a 30-month term of imprisonment to be followed by two years of supervised release based on his conviction for assaulting a tribal police officer with a dangerous weapon. Benavidez, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Kewa, has been in federal custody since entering his guilty plea on May 11, 2011.

United States Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales said that Benavidez assaulted an officer of the Pueblo of Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) by driving a vehicle towards the officer and striking him on July 26, 2010. Court records indicate that Benavidez intentionally struck the SAPD officer with his vehicle while the officer was directing traffic at the entrance to the village of Santa Ana during a tribal feast day celebration. Other officers pursued Benavidez as he left the area until Benavidez lost control of his vehicle and crashed. The officer was not seriously injured.

In entering his plea, Benavidez admitted that he intentionally struck the SAPD officer because he did not want the officer and his colleagues to know that he had alcohol in the car contrary to tribal law. Benavidez explained that, on July 26, 2010, he and his girlfriend attended the annual feast day celebration at the Pueblo of Santa Ana and, when the two were leaving the Pueblo, he noticed several police officers were directing traffic to and from the parking area. When one of the officers asked Benavidez to stop his vehicle, Benavidez panicked because he had alcohol in the car. Benavidez admitted that, as officers were surrounding his vehicle, he accelerated and struck one of the officers and then fled the scene.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with assistance from the SAPD, and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jack E. Burkhead.

Fulcher, Mock and Prins

April 4, 2008 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com is a website that lists state and local police officers who have written books. The website added three police officers from California law enforcement agencies.

Dean Fulcher grew up in the state of Michigan along the southern shores of Lake Superior. Upon completion of high school, he spent four years in the United States Marine Corps in the aviation and intelligence fields. After serving honorably for four years, he left the Marine Corps and was hired by the Santa Ana Police Department (California), where he currently holds the rank of homicide detective. Dean Fulcher is the author of The Grand Island Adventure.

According to the book description of The Grand Island Adventure, “An edge-of-your-seat adventure novel for young adults. The Grand Island Adventure follows three teenagers trapped on an uninhabited island pursued by a band of criminals who have freed their leader from prison. The three will need the latest in technology, their wit and commitment to one another to escape a certain death.”

James Mock spent 19 years with the Torrance Police Department (California). He current works as a teacher for law enforcement related occupations, on both a volunteer and professional basis. James Mock has worked street narcotics, major narcotics, and was certified as a Drug Recognition Expert in 1992. After his retirement he was certified as a DRE instructor. He currently teaches DRE, the DRE instructor course, DRE recertification classes for many States, for the California Narcotic Officers’ Association, and for various law enforcement and related agencies in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. James Mock is the author of Basic Latent Print Development.

According to one review, Basic Latent Print Development, “can be used as a training text for new employees or can be read by beginners. Many instructors use it as a primer for basic latent print development college classes. Sections cover: How latent prints are deposited, Investigating the Crime Scene, Which powders to use, How to lift and preserve the latent prints. There are simple to follow sketches on how to powder a surface and how to tear and lift with tape.”

Sergeant John Prins is a 27-year member of the Torrance Police Department. He has served the Torrance Police Department in many capacities, including as a patrol officer, crime scene investigator, detective, background investigator, SWAT officer, and K-9 handler. John Prins is the author of Torrance Police Department.

According to the book description, “The Torrance Police Department dates to May 23, 1921, when city trustees appointed Ben Olsen as city marshal and, shortly thereafter, hired Byron Anderson as night watchman. The efforts of these men were devoted to dealing with thieves, keeping the peace, and “declaring war on speedsters.” From such humble beginnings, the Torrance Police Department has grown into the fourth largest municipal law enforcement agency in Los Angeles County. Its position as the anchoring police force of the South Bay section of the county and its reputation as an innovator in crime fighting have been firmly established over time. Today, with a total of 242 sworn and 100 support personnel, the highly regarded Torrance Police Department serves more than 142,000 inhabitants in 21 square miles.”

Police-Writers.com now hosts 930 police officers (representing 391 police departments) and their 1944 police books in 33 categories, there are also listings of United States federal law enforcement employees turned authors, international police officers who have written books and civilian police personnel who have written books.

Tactics, Law and Investigations

October 28, 2007 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com is a website that lists nearly 800 state and local police officers who have written books. The website added three police officers who have written about tactics, the law and investigations.

A former lieutenant with the Santa Ana Police Department (California) and professor emeritus from Santa Ana College, Thomas Adams is the author of five books: Introduction to the Administration of Criminal Justice; Training Officers' Handbook; Harden the Target : A Guide to Defense of Life, Limb, and Loved Ones; Law Enforcement - An Introduction To The Police Role In The Community; and Police Field Operations. He is the co-author of a sixth: Crime Scene Investigation.

According to the book description, Police Field Operations “is written from the perspective of a working police officer, presenting real-life scenarios an officer is likely to encounter while on-duty. With its focus on community policing, it describes how and why certain procedures are used, and gives informative techniques from leading police academies from around the country. It provides readers with the widest range of up-to-date information: Use-of-force issues; guidelines for shaping and enforcing policy; officer survival and stress Reduction. Police Field Operations helps readers develop the necessary skills of observations, perceptions, interviewing techniques, and crowd and riot control. Great resource material for those involved in police patrol procedures and police and field operations.”

In 1968 Devallis Rutledge joined the Santa Ana Police Department where he served for two years. In 1975, he completed law school and in 1976 joined the Orange County District Attorney’s Office as a prosecutor. Since 2000, Devallis Rutledge has worked as private counsel in a law firm and as Special Counsel to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Devallis Rutledge is the author of eleven books: Criminal Investigations and Evidence; The New Police Report Manual; Courtroom Survival, The Officer's Guide to Better Testimony; The Search and Seizure Handbook; The Officer Survival Manual; Criminal Interrogation, Law and Tactics; California Criminal Procedure; California Criminal Law Concepts; The Search and Seizure Field Guide California Peace Officers Field Source guide; and, PC 832 Concepts.

According to the book description of The New Police Report Manual, “this manual is the undisputed authority on plain-talk report writing techniques. Interesting and easy-to-read, it provides hundreds of examples that show easier and better ways to write without any spelling or grammar lessons. It is valuable as a supplemental reader for investigations or police communications courses.”

By 1960, Rod Sanford was studying the martial arts. Through his years of study he became a preeminent practitioner and Sensei of traditional martial arts. In 1968, Rod Sanford joined the Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office. He spent most of his 25 year career with the Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office as a patrol sergeant. However, he was a member of several specialized units such as the search and rescue team, dive team, mounted unit and the SWAT team. In 1969, he began to teach defensive tactics to his fellow police officers. For the next twenty-five years, Rod Sanford would teach firearms and officer safety tactics as well as defensive tactics.

In 1983, Rod Sanford left the Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office and founded the Pacific Institute of Defensive Tactics in order to teach law enforcement tactics full-time. Rod Sanford is the author of Law Enforcement: Reasonable Force Options; Basic Arrest Tactics & Self-Defense for Law Enforcement; and, Arrest Control Techniques & Baton Tactic.

According to the book description of Law Enforcement: Reasonable Force Options, “This book is for all law enforcement officers, students and instructors. No matter what your background or system you will find, tactics and techniques that will help you enjoy a successful career and keep you going home safely at the end of each shift. Rod Sanford has drawn from over 30 years of law enforcement and training experience to bring you the essence of use of force, defensive tactics and officer training in a complete text with over 1,600 step-by-step photographs.”

Police-Writers.com now hosts 789 police officers (representing 353 police departments) and their 1694 law enforcement books in six categories, there are also listings of United States federal law enforcement employees turned authors, international police officers who have written books and civilian police personnel who have written books.

Three Police Officers Added

Police-Writers.com is a website dedicated to listing state and local police officers who have authored books. Police-Writers.com added Alan Caddell, Ralph Landre and Francis Connelly.

Alan Caddell is a Commander with the Santa Ana Police Department. He holds a Master of Arts in Education from Pepperdine University and is a graduate of the POST Master Instructor Development Program. A trainer for over 15 years, Alan has extensive experience and expertise in the area of instruction design and technology. Alan has taught advanced PowerPoint and on-line training for POST and other law enforcement presenters and is currently teaching a variety of programs.

Alan Caddell is the Co-author of Crime Scene Investigation. According to the book description, “Focusing on the basics of crime scene investigation as it should be done by professionals, this book shows how to do a perfect job; its emphasis is on proven evidence, collection, and analysis. It provides a high level of relevant and realistic information needed to process crime scenes in today's environment. Generously illustrated with photographs, the book clearly demonstrates techniques used by field and lab personnel to preserve, process, and analyze a wide variety of evidence. Career profiles of working professionals in the field and actual case histories document how crime scene investigation is successfully used to solve crimes. For professionals in a variety of forensic science fields, including firearms examiners, fingerprint examiners, serologists, toxicologists, photographers, journalists, crime scene investigators, and others in the field of law and law enforcement.”

According to one reader/reviewer, “As a former police reserve officer, I spent years requesting CSI with little understanding of just what they do. This book goes well beyond lifting fingerprints and other routine tasks that police officers are typically limited to. I now have a better awareness of the capabilities of CSI and considerations about how to protect a scene and how CSI can be used to investigate certain crimes. I also have a greater appreciation for CSI personnel and the difficult job they have. I liked the book and believe it would be helpful to anyone in law enforcement.”

Ralph W. Landre, Jr., has published several articles in The California Highway Patrolman magazine, including: “The Day Fresno Burned,” “Motorcycle Theft Rings,” “Training Pays Off.” The U.S. Army has published his police training bulletins at training centers in Santa Cruz, San Jose and during Annual Active Duty training with the Military Police at Camp Roberts and Fort Ord, California. The bulletins focused on preservation of evidence at crime scenes and interrogations and interviews of suspects and witnesses. He served as temporary Chief of Police for the new city of Capitola and at the same time was deputized by the Santa Cruz Sheriff's Office due to the police district the newly formed city was geographically located in. He then served as patrolman for the Santa Cruz PD before serving on the California Highway Patrol for over 29 years, retiring as a sergeant.

Ralph Landre is the author of The Broken Center-Line. Ralph Landre’s book is a memoir of the “incidents occurring to a California Highway Patrol officer during approximately 30 years of traffic law enforcement while following The Broken Center-line around and over highways and freeways in different parts of our great state of California. This is somewhat like following the yellow brick road through the Land of OZ.”

In 1955, after serving in Korea with the U.S. Army, Francis J Connelly joined the New York Police Department. He worked a variety of assignment on NYPD and retired in 1975 as a lieutenant. He is the author of two books: By Reason of Childhood; and, the sequel, Beyond By Reason of Childhood.

According to the book description, “Beyond by Reason of Childhood begins with Connelly en route to the U.S. Army induction center on Whitehall Street. From there, it’s merely a series of hops, skips, and jumps to Fort Dix, New Jersey, for basic training; Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, for Morse Code Intercept Operator training; and on to the mountains, valleys, and rice paddies of South Korea. Fourteen months later, after an honorable discharge from the military, Frank meets Anne Marie Fleming. The couple marries, and, as time slips away, they find themselves being compared to a five-and-dime (for their five children and ten grandchildren).

Along the way, Francis Connelly works at various jobs: hauling cable for Western Electric, growing hair for Wybrandt Hair and Scalp Specialists, and spending twenty years on the New York Police Department. Near the end of his career in law enforcement, mental and physical difficulties and the debilitating effects of hypoglycemia take their toll on Connelly. Will his story have a happy ending?”

Police-Writers.com now hosts 539 police officers (representing 220 police departments) and their 1147 books in six categories, there are also listings of United States federal law enforcement employees turned authors, international police officers who have written books and civilian police personnel who have written books.

Cops writing on how to do cop stuff

Police-Writers.com is a website dedicated to listing state and local police officers who have authored books. Four police officers were added to the website who have significantly added to the written body of knowledge on how to perform the law enforcement function.

Craig Steckler is the chief of police of the Freemont Police Department. He holds a B.S. degree from CSU Los Angeles, and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the POST Command College. The Chief Craig Steckler’s law enforcement career spans 31 years, and has included positions in San Clemente and Chief of Police in Piedmont, California. Chief Craig Steckler came to Fremont as Deputy Chief in 1986 and was promoted to Chief in 1992. He was the Year 2000 President of the California Police Chiefs Association.

Chief Craig Steckler is the co-author of two books on law enforcement subjects. According to the book description of Written and Interpersonal Communication: Methods for Law Enforcement, “The purpose of this book is to improve the reader’s communication skills, both oral and written. Particular attention is paid to the reports and forms commonly used in the criminal justice system.” According to the book description of Fundamentals of Police Administration, “This introductory text for police administration provides a balanced perspective between legal, practical, and scholarly information. The book provides in-depth coverage of patrol, administration, and the impact of local financing on the police budget.”

George T. Payton Is a former Patrol Sergeant with the San Jose Police Department. He has a B.A. and M.A. from San Jose State University and an Ed.D. from the University of Southern California. When he left the police department to become Department Chair at a local college, Dr. George Payton transferred to the San Jose Police Department Reserves in order to keep abreast of new developments in the field; he is a lieutenant in that organization. He also organized the first regional Criminal Justice Training Academy in Santa Clara County and established the first Campus Police in San Jose City College.

Dr. George Payton is a veteran of two wars. He served first in the U.S. Navy and was later commissioned in the military police. His is the author or co-author of seven books: Peace Officer's Guide to Criminal Law; One Thousand Police Questions and Answers: Concepts of California Criminal law; Peace Officer's Promotional Manual; California Criminal Law, for the Community College Student; Patrol Procedure and Enforcement Concepts; and, Patrol Operations & Enforcement Tactics.

Derrick Watkins and Richard Ashby are the co-authors of Gang Investigations: A Street Cop’s Guide. According to the book description, the book “provides a step-by-step guide to gang identification, arrest, search and seizure, prosecution, and other programs that have been used successfully by criminal justice agencies nationwide. Anti-gang strategies are discussed along with the results of their implementation. This guide will better prepare every police officer and detective to deal with the modern street gang. With Watkins’ and Ashby’s knowledge, departments and officers can develop better strategies to curb gang violence and the fear of street terrorists.”

Derrick Watkins is a retired gang detective from the Santa Ana Police Department, having worked in Los Angeles County prior to Santa Ana. He has focused his career in the area of gangs as a patrol officer, while in major narcotics and as a gang detective. He spent nine years of his career dedicated to criminal street gangs. He is a court-recognized expert in Hispanic and White Supremacist gangs, having testified in the superior and federal courts of Los Angeles and Orange Counties. He has conducted training for the California Department of Justice, the State Attorney General, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, and numerous local, state, and federal agencies across California and in several neighboring states. He currently works as a private law enforcement consultant regarding the methods and attributes of criminal street gangs across the country.

Detective Corporal Richard Ashby is a 20-year veteran of the Santa Ana Police Department. He has focused his career in the area of gangs as a patrol officer, a member of special details, and as a gang detective. He is a court-recognized expert in Hispanic gangs and has spent twelve years as a detective with the Santa Ana Police Department’s Gang Detail. During those twelve years he worked as a gang suppression detective, investigating all gang related assaults and attempt murders within the city of Santa Ana. He was also assigned to the Santa Ana Gang Homicide Detail, investigating gang related homicides. In March of 2004 he was promoted to the rank of Corporal and supervised the Santa Ana Gang Homicide Detail until February of 2006.

Police-Writers.com now hosts 532 police officers (representing 219 police departments) and their 1132 books in six categories, there are also listings of United States federal law enforcement employees turned authors, international police officers who have written books and civilian police personnel who have written books.