

Anderson was born Apthe son of Anna (Carlson) and Carl John Anderson in Clariton, Pennsylvania. At the time, each was engaged to someone else.

She attended Pine Manor College, Boston, Massachusetts and graduated from the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

She said the group believes with their efforts Central Texas will be a hostile environment for human trafficking.Catherine (Markey) Anderson was born Main Bryan, the daughter of Ruth (Edwards) and John Clifton Markey. "We're so excited about what the law enforcement is doing and the Sheriff's Office leading out to address this issue because it's jeopardizing the safety of our kids,” said Peters.Īccording to Peters, a coalition has been formed to fight human trafficking in the community. UnBound National Director Susan Peters said the undercover operations conducted by the McLennan County Sheriff's Office are making a positive impact on the community. Members of UnBound, an organization that fights human trafficking helped some of the victims of this sting with services, including immediate needs, volunteer legal services, counseling and connection to an after care home. Loren Morris, of San Antonio, who allegedly has up 15 prostitutes working for her, could also face federal charges.Įlijah Muhammad, who was arrested in a previous sting conducted by the McLennan County Sheriff's Office, was also caught this time for allegedly trying to hire a prostitute.Īs a result of the investigation, authorities seized $6,500 in cash and approximately 30 grams of illegal drugs. We can have someone that has 12 prostitutes that's running all over the country, we'll take those guys too,” said McLennan County Sheriff's Office Detective Joseph Scaramucci.Īccording to Scaramucci, Emmanuel Bailey faces federal charges for trying to prostitute women across state lines. If we have someone here in Waco with one prostitute, we've arrested them. If we are going to target prostitution, I think we need to do it in the biggest scale we can. The McLennan County Sheriff's Office is prepared to continue doing operations of this magnitude in the future. It's a very sad situation, especially when you have young girls that get involved in this prostitution,” said McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara. These pimps become very brutal with the girls they are working. “We're simply not going to tolerate this kind of behavior in the county. According to the McLennan County Sheriff's Office, 25 women working in 13 states, including Texas no longer have to answer to their pimps. Law enforcement arrested four pimps in the particular undercover operation. Some of the prostitutes and pimps crossed state lines to meet with those detectives. 44 of them face sex-related crimes and one of them who had a warrant for unpaid child support was arrested after he drove a prostitute to a hotel.ĭetectives posed as underage prostitutes, adult prostitutes and clients after tracking online postings for prostitutes nationwide. This operation went beyond Central Texas, but officials said the majority of those arrested are local.Ħ4 charges are being brought against those arrested.

This is the third sting the McLennan County Sheriff's Office has conducted since November and it is the largest one yet. The McLennan County Sheriff's Office says an undercover investigation has led to 45 arrests of people related to some form of prostitution and human trafficking.
