Medford, Ore. –It begins with an innocent conversation on a dating website. But it is actually just the portal to a trafficking scheme that stretches across the country. In this exclusive NBC5 News Special Report, a local sex trafficking survivor ...
Salem, Ore. – The Oregon Senate has unanimously passed a bill that would reduce penalties for individuals who break the law while being pressured, coerced or threatened by a domestically violent partner. House Bill 3176-A has already passed through the ...
Grants Pass, Ore., — “Branding is a huge sign of human trafficking.” Rebecca Bender is a human trafficking expert. She says until she heard Keith Papini’s statement regarding his wife, Sherri’s condition, she never thought it could be a human ...
Portland, Ore. – The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking for two men as part of a sex trafficking investigation. According to the FBI, 33-yaer-old Aaron M. Barnes and 28-year-old Kamau Curnal have each been charged with sex trafficking of ...
New York, NY — A Rogue Valley photographer is in New York tonight as she continues her trek around the U.S. photographing survivors of sex trafficking. It’s a story NBC5 first brought you in August. Lauren Trantham is three weeks in to ...
Medford, Ore.- A jury has found a California man guilty of sexual assault and sex trafficking. The Jackson County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday morning Virgil Don Rucker was found guilty of 13 criminal charges, including two counts of Rape ...
Medford, Ore. — A Rogue Valley photographer’s mission is empowering women through photos, but her newest project is focusing on a specific group of women- who are also survivors. When Lauren Trantham picked up a camera professionally 3 years ago, she knew ...
Eugene, Ore. — A Eugene man pleaded guilty to a sex trafficking charge after police say he forced a runaway minor into prostitution. The Eugene Register Guard reports 29-year-old Darryl Tyrone Norwood was arrested in 2014 after a Eugene Police ...
West Linn, Ore. – Officers made an unusual arrest Tuesday after a man showed up at the West Linn Police Station expecting to meet with a teen for sex. Portland NBC affiliate KGW reports West Linn police had posted ads ...
Medford, Ore. – A man awaiting trial at the Jackson County Jail on rape charges related to an incident in 2014 now has additional charges for allegedly engaging in sex trafficking. 40-year-old Virgil Rucker was first charged in July of ...