sex crimes

STUART, FL—Tuesday Morning Governor Ron DeSantis signed a retail theft bill into law, instituting a severe crackdown on the Sunshine State's high levels of shoplifting and porch piracy. "We're a law and order state. If you do the crime, you do the time," DeSantis said. He hosted his press conference at a Walgreens in Stuart, […]

TALLAHASSEE, FL—A human trafficker who forced two New York women into sex work has just received a 15-year prison sentence, thanks to Attorney General Ashley Moody’s prosecution team. Alan Dixon, working with accomplice Shantell Woods, brought two New York women to Florida to enlist them in prostitution under threats of physical harm. “This human trafficker […]

Before Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) took office earlier this year and began to tackle the problem of human trafficking, their predecessors now-Sen. Rick Scott and former Attorney General Pam Bondi, along with Sen. Marco Rubio (R), spearheaded the effort to eradicate the epidemic in the state.