Particle.news
Download on the App Store
3 ARTICLES
·
3w ago

‘Mayor of Bissonnet’ Sentenced to 10 Years for Interstate Prostitution Transport and Registration Violations

The sentence caps an HTRA investigation targeting a family-run operation centered on Houston’s Bissonnet track.

Signs outside of a motel near the Bissonnet track. Photographed Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, in Houston. (Photo by Godofredo A. Vasquez/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
Image

Overview

  • U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt ordered a 120-month federal prison term for 58-year-old Paul Edwards Evans, who pleaded guilty on May 29.
  • Evans admitted aiding and abetting the transportation of a woman across state lines to engage in prostitution and failing to comply with Sex Offender Registration Act requirements.
  • The court found he recruited two family members into the enterprise, which trafficked women for commercial sex acts.
  • The crimes occurred in Houston’s Bissonnet area and in multiple cities between Texas and California, including Las Vegas.
  • He remains in custody pending transfer to a Bureau of Prisons facility as the FBI and Houston Police led the Human Trafficking Rescue Alliance case with help from Santa Barbara Police.