Two OKC residents face federal prostitution charges in Tulsa sting
By DAVID HARPER World Staff Writer on Sep 14, 2013, at 2:31 AM Updated on 9/14/13 at 6:47 AM
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Two Oklahoma City residents were arraigned Friday in federal court in Tulsa on a charge of engaging in a prostitution business that involved at least one underage female.
A Tulsa federal grand jury indicted Ronald Everett Spivey Jr., 47, and Kimberly Marie Haven, 25, Sept. 5 on allegations that they used telephone and Internet services to facilitate sex trafficking from July 25 through July 30.
The two were arrested during a sting operation by the Tulsa Police Department's Vice Unit, according to a booking report.
Police alleged that Spivey sent a message to an undercover officer on July 25 after that officer posted a message on a website "commonly used by prostitutes to advertise their services," the arrest report says.
Spivey asked the officer, who posed as a 17-year-old girl, if she wanted to go to "Florida or Vegas to make money," police allege.
The parties agreed to meet at a restaurant near Admiral Boulevard and Memorial Drive, and Spivey and Haven were arrested there on July 30, the document says.
Spivey alone is charged in two additional counts that allege coercion and recruitment of a minor. He could face at least 10 years in prison if convicted of those counts, Assistant U.S. Attorney Trent Shores said.
Spivey and Haven were charged Aug. 13 in Tulsa County District Court with attempted human trafficking connected to the same allegations. Those charges likely will be dismissed in light of the federal case, Tulsa County First Assistant District Attorney Doug Drummond said Friday.
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Original Print Headline: Two people arraigned in federal prostitution case
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The convenience store chain was the sole distributor of the 50-cent stickers residents were required to place on bags of extra yard waste.
The plaintiff alleged in a lawsuit that he was made to perform pushups to avoid a ticket or jail.
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